The court said the messages showed the person, instead of obstructing Bhinde, had bonafide intentions to make efforts for preservation of trees at Aarey in the larger interest of society.
The petitioner, who filed a plea through advocate Hare Krishna Mishra seeking to quash the FIR against him, submitted that he was a customer who went around 10:15 pm to the restaurant to have dinner and a cup of tea.
The petitioner claimed that while the initial source of information was news reports, later on he gathered more information which indicated the involvement of Param Bir Singh in the case.