ORDER :

The petitioner is before this Court calling in question registration of crime in Crime No.12 of 2021 for offences punishable under Sections 66, 66(F), 84(C) of the Information Technology Act, 2008 (‘the Act’ for short) and Section 380 of the IPC and pending before the 1st Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bengaluru.

2. Facts adumbrated, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

The petitioner claims to be a qualified degree holder in the discipline of Bachelor of Technology with specialization in Aerospace Engineering from Manipal University. The petitioner was appointed as an intern in a project in the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. The project was “Drag Reduction by heat transfer through convection” and it was in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science. While so working as an intern, the petitioner claims to have undergone a thorough in-plant training and project work at HAL, ARDC in its design complex. The petitioner further works as a Research Assistant at Manipal Academy of Higher Education and has produced