Mumbai:The Bombay High Court has quashed the first information report (FIR) against Ramnagesh Akubathini, a 25-year-old software engineer who was accused of posting rape threats on Twitter against the infant child of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma.
A division bench of Justices AS Gadkari and PD Naik passed the order after the complainant in the case, Kohli's manager Aquilia D'Souza, granted consent to drop charges against the accused. The plea said Akubathini is a State topper and graduate from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad.
He had allegedly posted objectionable tweets against the then 10-month-old daughter of Kohli and Sharma after the Indian cricket team lost the T20 world cup match against Pakistan on October 24, 2021. He moved for quashing of the FIR in February 2022, claiming that continuation of the proceedings in the case would cause severe prejudice to him.
He also claimed to be a meritorious student and rank-holder in the JEE (Advanced) Exam. The petition filed through advocate Abhijeet Desai stated that the accused had been interning with reputed companies and did not have any criminal antecedents or allegations of moral turpitude levied against him.