SC extends interim bail to Ashoka univ prof

THE Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till July the interim bail of Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad and directed the Haryana police SIT to complete its investigation by then in connection with his alleged contentious social media posts on Operation Sindoor.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta restricted the scope of the SIT probe to the two FIRs lodged against Mahmudabad. "We direct that the investigation of SIT be confined to contents of the two FIRs. The investigation report, before it is filed before jurisdictional court, be produced before this court," said the bench.

Directing that the interim protection continue till further orders, the top court asked Haryana to inform whether they have responded to the NHRC notice on the manner of registration of 2 FIRs against Mahmudabad.