ORDER

1. When this writ petition was disposed of on 14.12.2021, the second respondent, namely, Adarsha R Iyer, was not heard as he did not appear before the Court. On 15.12.2021, he filed a memo for being spoken to and this memo was first posted before the Court on 18.01.2022. At the request of the second respondent, the case was taken up on 24.01.2022. On that day, he gave the reasons for his inability to appear on 14.12.2021 and requested for giving him a hearing. To meet the ends of justice, his memo was allowed and he was permitted to argue. Since re-hearing was granted, the order dated 14.12.2021 was recalled.

2. I have heard Sri P.Prasanna Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned High Court Government Pleader for the first respondent-State and Sri Adarsh R Iyer, the second respondent who appeared in-person.

3. The submission of Sri P.Prasanna Kumar is that, the second respondent has initiated action against the petitioners under Section 200 of Cr.P.C, in PCR No.6373/2021 alleging that the petitioners have committed an offence under Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The main allegation in the complaint is that the third petitioner who is the Inspector of Pol