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Bishop of Jabalpur Diocese and Sister posted at Asha Kiran Children’s Home in Katni in case of conversion Has got the benefit of anticipatory bail from the High Court. High Court Justice Vishal Dhagat has said in his order that registering a case on the complaint of a non-person is not in the jurisdiction of the police. MP Religious Freedom at Madhavnagar police station in Katni district on behalf of Bishop Gerald Almeida and Sister Lizzie Joseph of Jabalpur Diocese A petition was filed in the High Court for anticipatory bail in the criminal case registered under the Act and the Juvenile Justice Act. It was said in the petition that Asha Kiran Children’s Home is run in Katni district under Jabalpur Diocese. Land and building have been provided by the Railway Department to run the children’s home. Complainant Priyanka Kannugo reached the children’s home for inspection on May. A report was lodged on his behalf in the police station that the children in the children’s home were forcibly made to offer Christian prayers. Bible is taught and forced to go to church and not allowed to celebrate Diwali. On his complaint, the police have registered a case against him. It was stated in the petition that the inspection provision of the Care Institution Section . The inspection team should consist of three people, one of whom should be a woman and one should be a medical officer. The complaint of conversion under the MP Religious Freedom Act should be in writing. Complaint can be made by the aggrieved person, his parents, siblings. Apart from this, with the permission of the court, those who are related by blood can marry. The adopter or the guardian may The single bench has said in its order that it is the responsibility of the state government to provide modern education and not religious education to the children in the care institution. It is not in the jurisdiction of the police to register a case of conversion for not giving a written complaint. Court has given the benefit of anticipatory bail. ,