ORDER :

1. This petition has been filed under Sec.482 Cr.P.C to quash the proceedings in C.M.P.1117/2015 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Perumbavoor.

2. The 1st petitioner is a member of the Indian Administrative Service and has been working as Commissioner of Food Safety, as appointed by the 1st respondent. 5Th petitioner is a subordinate Officer of the 1st petitioner and is the Joint Commissioner appointed for the purpose of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. They are public servants. 2nd petitioner is the husband of the 1st petitioner and 3rd and 4th petitioners are the sister and sister-in-law respectively of the 1st petitioner. They have been arraigned as accused Nos.1 to 5 in Crl.M.P.1117/2015 referred above and it has been forwarded to the 3rd respondent to conduct an inquiry under Sec.202 Cr.P.C. It has been alleged in the complaint that one year ago, the 2nd respondent/complainant preferred a complaint against the 5th petitioner before the Superior Authority alleging that he had colluded with a competitor of the 2nd respondent and was indulging in partisan/high-handedness tarnishing the name of the complainant/2nd respondent and its products and was alle