JUDGMENT :

Rakesh Kainthla, J.

1. The petitioners have filed the present petitions against the order dated 8.7.2015, passed by learned Judicial Magistrate First Class-III, Mandi, H.P., (Learned Trial Court) in case titled Karmu Ram Vs. N.R. Pathak and another, vide which the learned Trial Court ordered the issuance of summons against the petitioner(s) (accused before the learned Trial Court). (The parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner as they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience).

2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petitions are that the respondent/complainant filed a complaint against the petitioner(s)/accused for the commission of an offence punishable under Section 500 of IPC. It was asserted that the complainant is a reputed person having respect all over Himachal Pradesh. He is the State President of H.P. Vishwakarma Vikas Sabha. He had rendered services in different areas for the welfare of the needy people. He was elected as State President of the Sabha in November 2008 in a general elections where 100 members of the Sabha were present. He was again elected in the general elections of Sabha as President in Apri