India, Sept. 20 -- The Bombay High Court on Friday refused to quash a First Information Report against a 19-year-old engineering student who was arrested in May 2025 for re-posting controversial posts on social media allegedly in support of Pakistan during India's 'Operation Sindoor' that began on May 7, when Indian armed forces bombed nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.

Remarking that it is a serious matter, a division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad told the petitioner's counsel that the court can grant her bail but not quash the FIR on the ground that she has tendered an apology or is a bright student. "This is a very serious thing. That's fine, you are a bright child, but...