Advocate Sachin BS appearing for the accused argued that Kaniyoor is a public servant and since no permission was sought before filing the complaint, the question of taking cognisance of the matter did not arise.
A complaint was filed against S Jaikanth, admin of Facebook page 'Troll Maga', for allegedly posting abusive and insulting posts against former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, CM HD Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy.