Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, former MD of Go First who resigned in August 2017, faced accusations of transferring confidential information to his personal and a third party’s email during his tenure.
The Bombay High Court has recently quashed a first information report (FIR) against Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, the former Managing Director of Go First Airlines (formerly GoAir), in a data theft case [Wolfgang Prock-Schauer v. State of Maharashtra].
The Bench comprising Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande held that the case lacked sufficient evidence to proceed.
“The continuation of the proceedings against the Petitioner would be nothing short of mere procedural rigmarole,” the Court added.
Prock-Schauer, who served as MD and resigned in August 2017, faced accusations of transferring confidential information from his official email to his personal account and a third party’s email during his tenure.
The offences cited against him included criminal breach of trust under Section 408 of the Indian Penal Code and violations of Sections 43(b) and 66 of the Information Technology Act.
Go First claimed he had not only shared sensitive data but also formatted his iPad, resulting in financial losses for the company.
In his defense, Prock-Schauer argued that the documents he sent to himself were related to negotiations with Airbus, necessary for preparing official presentations during business trips.
Source : https://www.barandbench.com/news/bombay-high-court-quashes-data-theft-fir-formergofirstmd