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Ashoka University Professor Gets Relief As SC Bars Magistrate From Taking Cognizance Of FIR

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Supreme Court halted district magistrate action on FIR against Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad over his social media posts on Operation Sindoor.

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Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor at Ashoka University, had his bail extended by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Image: X)

Ali Khan Mahmudabad, an associate professor at Ashoka University, had his bail extended by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. (Image: X)

In a relief to Ashoka University Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, the Supreme Court on Monday stopped the district magistrate from taking cognizance of an FIR registered against him by the Haryana Police over his social media posts on ‘Operation Sindoor’.

The apex court’s directions came after police informed the court that it had filed a closure report in one FIR but filed a chargesheet in another FIR.

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