CAV ORDER

These petitions are filed by accused Nos.1 and 3 seeking anticipatory bail in Cr.No.1025/2024 registered at North East CEN Crime Police Station, for offences punishable under Section 66(B) , 66(C) of Information Technology Act, 2000 (for short ‘IT Act’) and under Section 318(2) (3) (4) of BNS, 2023.

2. Brief facts of the case are:

A complaint was lodged on 25.12.2024 by one Sameer Joshi, CEO of NewSpace Research and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (for short ‘NRT’) alleging that accused Nos. 1, 2, and 3, who were former employees of complainant's company conspired to steal sensitive information for the benefit of their current employer, Lenviz Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (for short ‘Lenviz’). Accused No.1, who held the position of Vice President at the complainant's company, is accused of operating dishonestly as a Director of Lenviz, alongwith his wife, accused No.4. Both accused Nos.1 and 4, shareholders in Lenviz, alleged to have retained confidential information obtained during their employment at the complainant's company. Further, accused No.1, purportedly orchestrated the theft of confidential data, including source codes, CAD designs, copyrighted information, project files and oth