Karwar: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) has pronounced two year imprisonment to two persons for luring a Hindu man to accept Christianity.
Jackie Francis D’Silva and Elizabeth Louis Rodrigues had tried to proselytize Vinakay Harikanthra, a resident of Baithakhola in Karwar city police station limits.
Harikanthra said that the two persistently visited his residence and had lured him with money and other benefits if he embraced Christianity.
Irked by the same, Harikanthra lodged a complaint with the police.
With the allegations standing proven against the accused, CJM NM Ramesh pronounced a total of two year imprisonment for the convicts with penalty.