Overview

• In oral remarks, the Division Bench held that deleting the post, apologising, or being a high-performing student are not grounds to terminate the case at this stage.
• Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar said mens rea is irrelevant and suggested that deletion could complicate the matter.
• Additional Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh was directed to submit the case diary in a sealed cover for the court’s review.
• The 19-year-old was arrested by Kondhwa police on May 9 after resharing a Reformistan Instagram post critical of the government during Operation Sindoor, which she deleted within hours before issuing an apology.
• Earlier vacation benches criticised the arrest and the college’s rustication, granted bail, restored exam access, and later set aside the rustication for breaching natural justice.