Being bright student no ground to cancel case: Court on Op Sindoor offensive post

21-Sep-2025

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The Bombay High Court on September 17 refused to quash an FIR registered against a 19-year-old engineering student in Pune for reposting an objectionable social media post on Operation Sindoor. 

The court said that being a bright student cannot be a ground to quash criminal proceedings.

The FIR was registered on May 9 by Kondhwa Police Station after the girl, a fourth-semester engineering student at Sinhagad Academy of Engineering, shared a post on Instagram soon after information about Operation Sindoor became public. She deleted the post within two hours and later tendered an apology, claiming she had no intention of creating a law-and-order situation.

The student filed a plea through advocate Farhana Shah seeking quashing of the FIR. Advocate Amin Solkar, appearing for her, argued that she was apologetic, had removed the post, and had passed her recent exams with flying colours.