JUDGMENT :

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 561-A Cr.P.C. (now 482 Cr.P.C.) for quashing of criminal proceedings in complaint titled "Professor Indu Bhushan Sharma vs. Dr. Devinder Singh and others" pending before the Court of learned Special Mobile Magistrate (Passenger Tax Shops and Establishment Act) (hereinafter to be referred as the trial court) filed under sections 417, 420, 120-B.

2. It is stated that petitioner No. 1 is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act and is based in Bangalore. The Society was established by a renowned scientist Sir, C.V. Raman and its aim is to disseminate science to the mankind. The petitioner No. 2 is the editor, whose role is to find the suitable and competent reviewers to access the suitability of the paper received for publication as per the policy and guidelines stipulated by the Academy.

3. It is further stated that proforma respondent Nos. 2 and 3 submitted their manuscripts titled Synthesis and Characterization of Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) type phase LaSr2MnCrO7 on 5th February, 2010 and revised it on 22nd April, 2010 as per reviewer(s) recommendations and the paper was accepted by the pet