(1.) These petitions, under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'the Code') are interrelated as arising from of the same case pending as Criminal Case No. 75/2005 before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Anuppur. In that case, which was initially registered as Criminal Case No. 232/2004 in the Court of JMFC Anuppur, cognizance of the offences punishable under Sections 147,323,504,506-B and 342 of the IPC was taken upon a complaint made by the respondent No. 1 namely Dr. S.M. Mansuri (hereinafter referred to as 'Rl') against the petitioners in respect of the offences punishable under Sections 451, 323,294,506-B, 382,395 and 504 of the IPC.
(2.) For the sake of convenience, the petitioners shall be referred to by their respective names only.
(3.) Background facts may be summarized thus :-