Ghaziabad assault video case: K’taka HC quashes UP police notice to Twitter exec

The Karnataka high court on Friday canceled a notice by the Uttar Pradesh police that ordered Bengaluru-based Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari to appear in person for questioning in connection with the video of an assault of an elderly man in Ghaziabad’s Loni in June, and told the police to either record his statement as a witness via video conference or send a team to Bengaluru.

The high court said the notice issued to Maheshwari under Section 41A of the criminal procedure code (CrPC) must be read as a notice under Section 160. A notice under Section 160 is sent to question a witness, who they believe may be aware of facts related to a complaint.