ORDER :

The petitioners are the accused Nos.1 to 3 in C.P.No.15/2019 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-1, Kattappana. The aforesaid case was registered based on a private complaint submitted by the 2nd respondent as C.M.P.No.170/2018 alleging the offences punishable under Sections 89 and 92 of the Right of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (for short ‘the Act’). The allegations in the complaint are as follows:

The 2nd respondent works as the Principal of St. John’s College of Nursing, Kattappana. She has a congenital visual disability of 40% of her eyes which is a benchmark disability as described under the Act. It is alleged that, the petitioners herein have obtained certain documents from the Kerala Public Service Commission relating to the applications and test results of the 2nd respondent under the Right to Information Act. After receiving the same, the petitioners have submitted various complaints before the University, P.S.C, Indian Nursing Council, Higher authorities of the hospital management etc., alleging that the 2nd respondent is not competent to hold the post of Principal in a nursing college. It is contended that on account of the same, the pet