Professor arrested for Sindoor Post receives bail, “choice of words” lesson

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court today granted bail to the Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, but withdrew him for his social media post on Operation Sindoor. The court said that “samples” came and our country fell and the professor asked why he had to look for “cheap popularity”.

Professor Mahmudabad, assistant professor and head of the Political Sciences department at Ashoka University, was arrested last week about a social media post at Operation Sindoor. He was accused of sections related to the promotion of enmity between groups and actions seen as threatening national integrity and sovereignty.

Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal today appeared before the bank of Justice Surya Kant and Justice n Kotiswar Singh to argue the case of Mr. Mahmudabad.

In response to the arguments, Justice Side said: “Yes, everyone has the right to freedom of expression and expression … Is it time to talk about all this? The country is already going through this … Samples have come and our people have attacked … We must be united. (Do this) to get cheap popularity on these occasions?”

Mr. Sibal then emphasized that there was no criminal intention in the social media post of the professor. Justice Kant replied: “You have to know what is happening. There is a right to freedom of expression etc … Where is the duty? As if the entire country is only spreading rights and no duty in the last 75 years.”

Justice Kant also said that the comments of the professor are “Dogwhistling”. “Very unfortunate for a society with freedom of expression when the choice of words is deliberately made to insult, humiliate and cause discomfort. He should not have a lack of dictionary words to use. He can use language that does not harm feelings of others, use a neutral language,” the judge said.

Mr. Sibal pointed out that there is no criminal intention or an attempt to generate common tension from the professor. “He was just injured. His wife is 9 months pregnant, but he is in prison. Now a second fir by Women Commission. What did he say to women?”

The court noted that the comments of the professor are “anti-war”. “He says that there are reasons that families will suffer with citizens. He also talks about countries that will benefit war equipment.

However, the court said that there is no case to pause the investigation. “To understand the complexity and for the correct appreciation of the language in the post, we give DGP Haryana to form a sit that consists of three IPS officers who do not belong to Haryana or Delhi. SIT is led by inspector general of the police and one of the members will be a female officer,” said it.

The court has granted the professor Bautraut with three conditions: he will not write an article or online post or give a speech with regard to the case, he will not comment on the Pahalgam raid or operation Sindoor and he will give up his passport.

The professor is confronted with two FIRs, one of them submitted by Renu Bhatia, chairman of the Haryana State Commission for Women, for his comments about the choice of the government of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and wing commander Vyomika Singh for Operation Sindoor Briefings.

Referring to Colonel Qureshi, the professor had said that he was happy to see right -wing commentators the Colonel applauded. “… But perhaps they can also demand a little loud that the victims of Mob -Lynchings, random bulldozing and others who are victims of the hatred of the BJP mining are protected as Indian citizens.

The Women Commission said that Mr. Khan's comments expressed his concern about the “unsuitability of women in uniform, including Col Qureshi and wing commander Singh, and their role as professional officers in the Indian forces undermine”.

The professor had said that the ladies' panel “misunderstood” his comments. “… I am surprised that the women's committee, while he was exceeding her jurisdiction, read my messages incorrectly and misunderstood to such a extent that they have reversed their meaning,” he said.