NEHA SONTHALIA Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Both the revisional applications were heard analogously and the court delivers the following judgment on conclusion of hearing.

(2.) Parties to both the revisions are married couple and their marital tie is still subsisting. In CRR No.3508 of 2019 the aggrieved person/wife is the petitioner, while in CRR No.2856 of 2019 the respondent and her mother are the petitioners. The dispute between the parties cropped up as a result of marital discord following filing of application under Section 12 read with Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereafter described as the said Act) filed by the aggrieved person/petitioner in CRR No.3508 of 2019.

(3.) The application under Section 12 read with other coordinate provisions of the said Act was registered as MISCN 4 of 2019 in 20th Court of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate at Calcutta. By an order dated 29th June, 2019 the learned Metropolitan Magistrate passed an order on an application under Section 23(2) of the said Act which runs thus: