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Information Technology Act, 2000 (for short, “the IT Act”)
against all of them. Avnish Bajaj filed Criminal Misc. Case No.
3066 of 2006 for quashment of the proceedings on many a
ground before the High Court of Delhi which vide order dated
29.05.2008 came to the conclusion that prima facie case was
made out under Section 292 IPC, but it expressed the opinion
that Avinish Bajaj, the petitioner in the said case, was not
liable to be proceeded under Section 292 IPC and, accordingly,
he was discharged of the offence under Sections 292 and 294
IPC. However, he was prima facie found to have committed
offence under Section 67
read with Section 85 of the IT Act
and the trial court was directed to proceed to the next stage of
passing of order of charge uninfluenced by the observations
made in the order of the High Court.
3.
Being grieved by the aforesaid order, Avnish Bajaj
preferred Criminal Appeal No. 1483 of 2009. The said appeal
was tagged with Ebay India Pvt. Ltd. v. State and Anr.
(Criminal Appeal No. 1484 of 2009).
The said appeals were
heard along with other appeals that arose from the lis relating
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