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- The Gujarat government has ordered the withdrawal of all criminal cases and FIRs registered against students and others who protested over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, in line with a Supreme Court directive.
- The State Home Department told the Director General of Police that no legal or penal action should be taken against protest participants.
- The move follows the Supreme Court's July 28 order restraining coercive action against minor student protesters, with a later clarification that 'criminal antecedents' referred only to those involved in grave offences.
- The protests, held in Ahmedabad and other cities, ended on July 25 after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned and the Centre accepted protesters' remaining demands.
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- The number of FIRs and cases being withdrawn has not been specified by the Home Department
- How States implement the Supreme Court's clarification distinguishing grave offences from other cases
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