Palghar girl Rinu Srinivasan reacts to the scrapping of section 66A of the IT Act.

"I'm feeling very happy, we have got justice after two years. My post did not have any abusive content, people must feel free to express their opinion," she said.

A Palghar court closed the case against the two girls (Rinu and her friend who had liked the post), who were arrested for posting a comment on Facebook on the bandh after the death of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on November 17, 2012.

The Palghar sessions court accepted the police closure report seeking dropping of charges against the two girls.

The girls' subsequent arrest had sparked a nationwide outrage which embarrassed the Maharashtra government.

Following the uproar, two police officers were suspended in connection with the incident while the magistrate at Palghar, who ordered bail for the girls, was transferred.

Later, the police had concluded that there was no evidence against the girls.