New Delhi, May 21 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an Associate Professor at Ashoka University, in a case related to his Facebook post on Operation Sindoor, India's military response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
A Bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh passed the order while hearing Mahmudabad's plea challenging his arrest and custody.
Although the Court refused to stay the ongoing investigations or the two FIRs filed by Haryana Police, it directed his release on interim bail.
"We direct that the petitioner be released on interim bail subject to furnishing of bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Sonepat. There shall be only one se...