S.RAVINDRA BHAT
JAI PRAKASH – Appellant
Versus
STATE – Respondent
S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.
( 1 ) THE petitioner questions an order on charge made by the learned Metropolitan magistrate on 25. 7. 1995. He was charged of having committed offences under Section 63 of Copy Right Act,
( 2 ) THE allegation in the First Information report (FIR), made some time in 1993, was that the complainant/informant, alleged to own a factory manufacturing utensils in the trade and style of M/s. Monika Manufacturing co. and also alleged owner of brand name "vishal", (having exclusive use of a registered copyright and prior user of a trade Mark for the purpose), came to know that the petitioner, proprietor of M/s. Sarvodaya Metal Industries was infringing that copyright as well as the Trade Mark. On the basis of that FIR, investigations were conducted and eventually a charge sheet was filed. By the impugned order, the petitioner was charged with having committed the offence. The material portion of the order reads as under:
"6. The contention of the counsel for the accused that the labels are materially different devoid of any force. The complainant is registered owner of artistic label 'vishal' duly registered under the provisions of copyright Act. Since the label was a
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