Ghaziabad incident: HC quashes notice issued to Twitter India MD under tougher section of Cr.PC
The Hindu
But allows U.P. police to record his statement treating him as a witness
In a relief to Twitter Communications India Pvt. Ltd. Managing Director Manish Maheshwari, the High Court of Karnataka on July 23 quashed the notice issued to him by Uttar Pradesh police under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure in a case registered for uploading and circulating a ‘communally sensitive’ video and tweets. The court said that the notice will have to be treated as one issued under Section 160 of the Cr.PC, and the U.P. police can take his statement whether through virtual mode or by visiting his office or residence in Bengaluru, Karnataka.More Related News