NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday pulled up the Haryana Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) for allegedly increasing the scope of its probe towards Ashoka College professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who’s going through two FIRs for on-line posts throughout Operation Sindoor.A bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Dipankar Datta requested the SIT to restrict its investigation strictly to the 2 FIRs registered towards the professor and full the probe inside 4 weeks. “Don’t attempt to broaden the scope of the FIRs. SIT is free to type its opinion, however don’t deviate from the duty,” the bench stated.The court docket additionally questioned the SIT’s determination to grab Mahmudabad’s digital gadgets, remarking that the company appeared to have “misdirected itself.” It additional instructed the SIT to submit a replica of its investigation report after submitting it earlier than the jurisdictional court docket.In a aid to Mahmudabad, the apex court docket relaxed certainly one of his bail circumstances, permitting him to put in writing articles and share opinions so long as they don’t relate to issues which are sub judice or below investigation within the two FIRs. “He can write something besides on the precise issues talked about within the FIRs,” the court docket stated.This comes weeks after the court docket prolonged Mahmudabad’s interim bail until the third week of July, whereas sustaining a gag order on writing in regards to the points linked to the FIRs. On the Might 29 listening to, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Mahmudabad, had pleaded for the gag order to be lifted, saying, “He’s an Oxford-educated mature particular person. He is aware of the place he landed due to the writings. I’m beseeching you to delete the situation.”The court docket, nonetheless, had declined the request on the time, stating it didn’t need a “parallel commentary” on the investigation.Mahmudabad was arrested earlier this yr for allegedly posting objectionable content material on social media associated to Operation Sindoor, which led to the registration of two FIRs towards him. The Haryana SIT contains three senior IPS officers: ADGP Mamta Singh, SP Karnal Ganga Ram Punia, and SP STF (Gurgaon) Vikrant Bhushan.