1. The petitioner is arrayed as accused No.2 and he filed this Criminal Original Petition to quash the F.I.R in Crime No.541 of 2001 registered against him by the respondents for the alleged commission of the offence under Section 403, 411, 414, 420 and 424 of IPC.

2. In the F.I.R, the defacto complainant viz., S. Srinivasan, Director of Kilburn Electricals Ltd., Chennai-12, alleged among other things that one S. Suryanarayanan, who was employed by the complainant as a Development Manager, said to have taken out the design drawings and sample components with regard to the manufacture of Vacuum Circuit Breakers etc. which was developed by the complainant and after joining the services of the N.S. Rama Rao Body Works, Chennai-32, he used the said drawings etc., and manufactured the said product and marketed them also and thereby caused loss to the complainant’s company.

3. Heard Mr. M. Aravind Subramanian, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. J. Paul Noble Devakumar, learned Government Advocate (Crl.side).

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that on an earlier occasion, the same complainant has given complaint against