The petitioners, being accused no. 7, 8 and 9

have invoked jurisdiction of this court under

Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India

read with section 482 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure for quashing the proceedings against

them in C.C.71/2019 on the file of Senior Civil

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Judge and JMFC, Narasimharajapura. The events

that have led to this petition being filed are as

follows : -

2. The first petitioner is a Sub Inspector of

Police and the petitioners 2 and 3 are police

constables. The respondent is the complainant.

The incident that the respondent has alleged to

have taken place is that, on 6.10.2017, he and his

friend, Jason, being Christians, belonging to the

order Jehovah’s Witnesses, went to the shop of the

first accused, namely Smt. Sudha Pai for taking

photocopy of a document. In the shop, the

respondent picked up conversation with Sudha Pai

on the subject of ‘family’ and in that course, gave

her a tract entitled, “What is the Key to Happy

Family life?”. Smt. Sudha Pai suspected that the

respondent and his friend were making attempt to

convert her to Christianity and therefore called the

police. The respondent and his friend were taken

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to polic