ORDER

K. Padmanabhan Nair, J. - Petitioner in C.M.P. No.4372 of 2005 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kozhikode is the revision petitioner. This Criminal Revision Petition is filed against the order dismissing a complaint filed by the petitioner holding that Criminal Courts at Kozhikode have no territorial jurisdiction to try the case.

2. Petitioner is a producer of a Malayalam Movie by name "Malabaril Ninnoru Manimaran". Petitioner filed a complaint against first respondent, M/s. Malayalam Communications Limited, a company of which third respondent is the Managing Director. Second respondent is a Television Channel, a unit of first respondent being run under the control and supervision of respondents 3 and 4. Fifth respondent is the Production Executive who is responsible for the selection and telecast of various programmes and movies through the second respondent Channel. Sixth respondent is a Film Laboratory at Chennai and 7th respondent is its Managing Director, who is responsible for the day to day affairs and conduct of the 6th respondent.

3. In the complaint it was averred that second respondent without any authority had telecasted the Malayalam Movie "Malabaril