JUDGMENT

A.K. SIKRI, J.

On the basis of a complaint lodged by one Mr Alok Gupta, Director of M/s Unistal Systems (P) Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the complainant”), a first information report (FIR) was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on 23-7-2007 wherein the appellant was made an accused. In the said FIR, the complainant had alleged that on or around 11-3-2005, the appellant had stolen the “source code” of a software known as “Quick Recovery” developed by the complainant's company and thereafter put it for sale on the website of the appellant company under the name “Prodatadoctor”. A case was registered under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Sections 63 and 63-B read with Section 14(b)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. CBI took up the investigation and seized certain documents and material from the office/residential premises of the appellant after conducting search and seizure on 3-8-2007. The appellant moved, sometime in January 2008, an application seeking release of the seized property. This application was rejected by the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi on 3-3-2008. The High Court of Delhi s