The Supreme Court on Monday stayed trail in the case filed against Ashoka University’s Ali Khan Mahmudabad in relation to his Facebook post on Operation Sindoor.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed proceedings against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who faces two police cases for a controversial social media Facebook post on Operation Sindoor. The bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also told Haryana Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) that it can’t frame charges against Mahmudabad till the next hearing and cognizance of chargesheet shall not be taken for now.
Mahmudabad was arrested in May for a social media post on the government’s choice of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh for Operation Sindoor briefings.
The Supreme Court granted him bail days later with conditions; he will not write any article or online post or deliver any speech related to the case, he won’t comment on the April 22 Pahalgam attack or Operation Sindoor, and he will surrender his passport.