Ashoka College prof case: Supreme Court docket questions SIT’s line of inquiry into Mahmudabad

The Supreme Court docket on 16 July, Wednesday, questioned the road of investigation adopted by Haryana SIT within the case of the Ashoka College professor booked for social media posts on Operation Sindoor, saying “it misdirected itself”.

A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi requested the Haryana SIT headed by a senior police officer to solely confine itself to the 2 FIRs in opposition to Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his contentious social media posts and see if there was an offence and submit its report in 4 weeks.

The bench mentioned there was no event for the SIT to grab digital devices, together with Mahmudabad’s cell telephones, for investigation.

Since Mahmudabad was cooperating with the investigation, the court docket mentioned, there was no have to summon him once more.

The highest court docket additionally relaxed the professor’s bail situation imposed on 21 Could and allowed him to jot down posts, articles and specific any opinion besides on the sub judice case.

Haryana Police arrested Mahmudabad on 18 Could, following the FIRs over his posts on Operation Sindoor that allegedly “endangered the sovereignty and integrity of the nation”.

The 2 FIRs — one primarily based on a criticism by the chairperson of the Haryana State Fee for Ladies, Renu Bhatia, and the opposite on a criticism by a village sarpanch — have been lodged by Rai Police in Sonipat district.