The above Criminal Original Petition is filed to call for records pertaining to FIR in Crime No.206 of 2017 on the file of the first respondent police and to quash the same.

2. The petitioners in the Criminal Original Petition are accused 1 to 19, 21 to 27, 29 to 31, 33 to 49 as per the complaint.

3. The brief facts that are necessary for the purpose of disposing of this petition are as follows :

3.1. All the petitioners are working in BSNL Department and the second respondent / de-facto complainant is also in BSNL Department as Divisional Engineer (Rural). It is stated that the petitioners as well as the second respondent are all members of an official whatsapp group.

3.2. It is admitted that the official whatsapp group was intended to be used by the members for sharing of any innovative works / ideas for improving the quality of service of BSNL.

3.3. It is admitted that the second respondent has posted the video footage of three customers who have spoken about their grievance about the BSNL coverage. It appears that the petitioners are mainly indoor staff of BSNL whereas the second respondent is an officer engaged as an outdoor staff. Since the conversation uploaded by the seco