ORDER

This Criminal Original Petition has been filed by the petitioners to quash the proceedings in C.C.No.6907 of 2023 pending before the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate for C.C.B. Cases at Egmore, Chennai.

2. The allegation against the petitioners is that the petitioner-Company namely M/s.Ideaforge Technology Limited approached the second respondent/defacto complainant for selling their new product RYNO (Q4i- Micro) IAV/Drone on March 2021. The complainant's company expressed their interest in purchasing 15 nos. of RYNO (Q4i-Micro) IAV/Drone and placed an order for the said drones and made full payments for the same in compliance with the agreed terms. The cumulative payment for the 15 drones, including GST, amounted to Rs.2,20,67,050/-. The Drone's software was being maintained, updated and serviced by the petitioner-Company. On 10.06.2023, the petitioner-Company without any prior notice or justifiable reason, virtually locked and disabled the purchased UAVs/Drones by disabling their essential software, rendering them completely non-functional and incapable of being commissioned for their intended activities. The drones, which were deployed in the Swamitva Project