1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned High Court Government Pleader for the first respondent-State and as well the learned counsel appearing for the second respondent herein. Perused the records.

2. The petitioners have sought for quashing of the registration of the FIR in Crime No. 27/2010 (PCR No. 1729/2010) on the basis of the Reference order passed by the VI Addl. CMM, Bengaluru, for the alleged offences punishable u/s. 468, 471, 168, 109, 202, 176, 177, 201, 120B, 420 of IPC.

3. Before adverting to the grounds urged in the petition and as well the arguments addressed by the learned counsels in detail, it is just and necessary for this court to bear in mind the factual matrix of this particular case.

4. The second respondent has filed a private complaint stating that he is a practicing Advocate in Bengaluru by profession and he is a watch dog and in the interest of general public, the complaint is filed as the media evinced interest over the Narco analysis and brain mapping on criminals by the first petitioner-Dr. S. Malini, Assistant Director, in the department of Forensic Science Laboratory Bengaluru.

5. The complainant has stated that the petiti