The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested by the Haryana Police for his ‘offensive’ remark on Operation Sindoor. While hearing his bail plea, the top court questioned Mahmudabad’s choice of words, saying they were used to humiliate, insult and put others in discomfort.

Upholding his freedom of expression, SC said Mahmudabad’s statement was what is called ‘Dog Whistling’ in the law, adding that the probe will continue against him.  

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"At the time when so many things were happening in the country, where was the occasion for him to use these kinds of words which could be insulting, humiliating and putting others in discomfort. He is a learned man, he cannot be said to be short of words," Justice Surya Kant said, as per PTI. 

SC also directs Haryana DGP to constitute a three-member SIT headed by an IG rank officer to probe the case against Mahmudabad. Besides, the professor has been asked to refrain from writing further posts on the India-Pakistan conflict.

Two FIRs were filed against Mahmudabad for his Facebook post on Operation Sindoor, one by the chief of Haryana State Commission for Women and another by Yogesh Jatheri, Village sarpanch and general secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha in Haryana. 

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Mahmudabad was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till May 27 by a court in Sonipat.