The police had arrested Jaikanth, an engineer by profession, in the second complaint on the same set of facts as are mentioned in the first complaint registered in May.
The bench said "Allegations in both the FIR's are more or less identical. Actions of the police lead to an inference that a deliberate attempt was made by the police to ensure that petitioner was somehow arrested and detained in custody."
Observing that this is a classic case of blatant violation of Fundamental rights by the police, the Karnataka High Court quashed the First Information Reports registered against admin of a Facebook page TrollMaga.
The court also directed the government to pay a cost of RS 1 lakh to the petitioner S Jayakant, within one month and ordered departmental action against the Magistrate who remanded the accused in violate of Supreme Court guidelines in Arnesh Kumar case.
Source:
https://www.livelaw.in/amp/news-updates/karnataka-hc-quashes-fir-against-facebook-group-admin-148933?__twitter_impression=truee
