{"id":349832,"date":"2025-06-05T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=349832"},"modified":"2025-10-11T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:50:04","slug":"calcutta-hc-interim-bail-sharmistha-panoli-offensive-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/05\/calcutta-hc-interim-bail-sharmistha-panoli-offensive-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to law student Sharmistha Panoli in offensive video case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Calcutta High Court:<\/span> In a plea filed by Sharmishtha Panoli seeking urgent relief, Raja Basu Chowdhury, J., granted interim bail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">In a case concerning an allegedly offensive video she posted on social media in the context of &#8216;Operation Sindoor&#8217;, for alleged blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad and Muslim Community on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), she was arrested from Gurugram following the registration of an FIR on 15-05-2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Sharmishtha Panoli v. State of West Bengal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/02SQs7IL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine Cal 4713<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Source: Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sharmistha Panoli, a law student, was booked for allegedly making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad on social 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