JUDGMENT

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking to quash the proceedings of the Complaint Case No.26 of 2019 initiated by the Manipur State Commission for Women.

2. Brief facts which led to the filing of the writ petition are as follows:

On 25.3.2019, the third respondent has filed a complaint before the Manipur State Commission for Women alleging, inter alia, that in the month of April, 2018, while she was staying in Bangalore and working, she came to know the first petitioner. Thereafter, they fell in love and had physical relationship. After he left Bangalore in the last week of January, 2019, the first petitioner informed her over telephone that his family members did not accept their relationship and thereafter, he stopped calling her over phone. Since the attempt made by the third respondent to reconcile the relationship with the help of her relatives failed, she had lodged a complaint with the second respondent Commission. The petitioners 2 and 3 are parents of the first petitioner.

2.1. Upon receipt of the complaint, the second respondent registered a case in Complaint Case No.26 of 2019 against the petitioners and issued summons for appearance on 9.5.2