A case was registered against the owner, Ram Avtar Deora, following a spate of raids by the Indian Music Industry (IMI)'s Anti-Piracy teams on several Archies franchises suspected of selling pirated tapes.

According to former Mumbai police commissioner and chief coordinator of Indian Music Industry (IMI)'s anti-piracy cell Julio Ribeiro, there have been a lot of cases where shops accept orders for recording of music compilations as well as sell pirated tapes. ``Both are cognizable and non-bailable offences under the Copyright Act,'' he said. ``This will kill the music industry,'' said Ribeiro.

Meanwhile, Deora has been denied bail by the Holiday Metropolitan Magistrate. ``More than 50 tapes and CDs were confiscated by the police from Deora's shop following the raid,'' informed Neena Ribeiro. The raid was carried on four such franchises, she added, but no evidence was foundat the others.