Zubair described the allegation levelled against him in the FIR as “an absolutely frivolous complaint”.Subsequently, while the police closed the case against Zubair, the court directed the investigating agency to state what action it took against the Twitter user for his offensive tweet, which amounted to hate speech”, against the journalist.During the hearing, the counsel for the police said the investigating officer found “no real basis” to register a case against the user in light of his statement and has left the matter to court.The user told the police in his statement that he has respect for all religions and he has good relations with members of all religious communities.The court perused certain other posts made by the user and said “this type of person should be barred from social media”.It, however, considered his statement expressing regret made to the police and closed the proceedings in the case.”When you make a mistake on a platform, you apologise on the platform. I am trying to put a twitter war to end,” the court stated, adding that “social media was an anarchic medium” and Zubair will not retweet the apology or use it to sue the user over the offensive tweet.The high court had in September 2020 directed the Delhi Police not to take any coercive steps against Zubair in the case.It had also directed Twitter India to cooperate with the police in the investigation of the matter.The NCPCR has earlier contended before the high court that the submission of the city police that no cognisable offence was made out against Zubair was “incorrect” and that the agency’s stand indicates the casual attitude of the authorities.
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