Overview

• Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad called the charges serious and said deletion of the post, an apology or being a bright student are not grounds to quash the FIR.
• The judges stated that mens rea is irrelevant at this stage and remarked that deletion of the post may aggravate and complicate the assessment.
• The court adjourned the matter for two weeks and directed Additional Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh to submit the case diary in a sealed cover.
• Kondhwa police registered the FIR in May after the 19-year-old reshared content from the Instagram handle Reformistan that criticised the government’s role in post–Operation Sindoor tensions.
• Earlier orders granted her bail, suspended the college’s rustication and allowed her to sit exams, with a later ruling setting aside the rustication for breach of natural justice.