Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja, after passing the orders, posted the matter for next hearing on February 24.

 

During the course of hearing, complainant advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava argue:, "In December, last year, violence and unrest triggered in south Delhi following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Several DTC buses were also torched. There were pictures of the police officials pouring some liquid. Manish Sisodia despite holding a responsible post, took to Twitter without verifying it and accused Delhi Police personnel of setting off fire during the violence."

 

Srivastava, in his complaint, quoted Sisodia's tweet, which read: "BJP is setting fire in Delhi due to the fear of defeat in elections. AAP is against any kind of violence. See by yourself in this video, how fire is being set under the protection of the police."

 

Manish Sisodia's tweet came after several buses were set afire when protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act turned violent on December 15 near Delhi's Jamia Nagar.

 

The complainant accused Manish Sisodia of depicting an "irresponsible and careless approach by spreading false information to incite violence and promote disharmony".

 

"The tweets are being shared by many users, causing further doubts, confusion and unrest in the minds of people," he claimed.

 

In lieu of this, he requested the court to issue a direction to the Delhi Police to register FIR against Manish Sisodia under Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 504 (intent to provoke breach of peace) and 505 (conducting public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections of the Information Technology Act.