S. BARMAN RAY, J.

( 1 ) S. Barman Ray, J.-By this application under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioner has prayed for quashing the cognizance taken and the process issued upon it by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate 15th Court under section 500/34 IPC in complaint case No. 3859/1998. By this application under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, petitioner has prayed for quashing the cognizance taken and the process issued upon it by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate 15th Court under section 500/34 IPC in complaint case No. 3859/1998.

( 2 ) THE case in brief is that the petitioner Zee telefilms Limited is a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The Company is engaged in the business of production and procurement of films, tele-serials programmes in news and current affairs etc. and telecast the same in various channels of Zee net-work, namely, Zee TV, Zee news and Zee cinema, all owned and managed by the Asia Today Limited, a company incorporated in Mauritius. Petitioner Company entered into a contractual agreement with the said Asia Today Limited to supply it with various programmes to telecast the same on the

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