A petition or complaint was lodged before the Learned Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Kolkata on 4th October, 2010 alleging commission of offences under Sections 379, 403, 411 read with Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The complainant, Birla Corporation Limited (the company), who is the Opposite Party No. 1 in this proceeding arraigned 16 persons as accused in the said complaint and prayer of the complainant was for taking cognizance of offences including those punishable under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 against the accused persons, for issue of process against them, and for their punishment in accordance with law. Six among the sixteen accused persons are corporate entities and the rest are natural persons.

2. The basic allegation of the complainant against the accused persons is in relation to use of copies of certain documents by them pertaining to the operations of the company in different legal proceedings instituted before this Court and the Company Law Board (CLB). The complaint’s case is that these documents are confidential and meant to have been kept secret. Those documents, according to the complainant, were kept at the premises of th