Remember the time Game of Thrones S07E04 was leaked from Star India servers?
In a recent development in the case against the 4 who were arrested following the leak, a sessions court has rejected the bail plea of Abhishek Ghildiyal.
Ghildiyal is a 26-year-old software engineer and former employee of Prime Focus Technologies, a media-processing company in-charge of storing and distributing digital content on the Hotstar app, owned by Star India.
He was booked under sections 408 (criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
The plea was rejected on the grounds that Ghildiyal had a user ID and password and that he had accessed the leaked episode, as reported by The Times of India.
The court reportedly said, “New inventions in internet activities are being developed daily. Therefore, investigation of such offences is a difficult task before the investigating agency. Since the investigation is still at an initial stage if the applicant is released on bail the accused being a software test engineer, the possibility of tampering with evidence cannot be ruled out.”
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