(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) This appeal challenges the final judgment and order dtd. 16/3/2020 passed by the High Court (High Court of Judicature at Madras) in Crl. O.P. No. 28924 of 2018.
(3.) The present proceedings arise out of an application preferred by the appellant under Sec. 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), which was numbered as D.V.C. No.21 of 2018 in the Court of Judicial Magistrate, Ambattur, Chennai. The application was filed seeking appropriate protection in terms of Ss. 17 and 18 of the Act and was preferred against the respondent-husband as well as the father-in-law and sister-in-law of the appellant. The Protection Officer vide his Domestic Inspection Report dtd. 21/8/2018 tabulated the incidents of domestic violence as under:-