BANDANA HAZRA Vs. MAHUA HAZRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In all the aforesaid six criminal revisions the petitioners, both male and female, against whom relief has been sought for under the provisions of the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005, by presenting applications under Section 12 of the said Act, impleading them as respondents, have approached this Court for quashing of the said proceedings now pending before different Courts.

(2.) Since in all the criminal revisions at the behest of the female petitioners, quashing was sought for on a common question of law, the same were taken up for hearing together by a single bench of this Court.

(3.) During the pendency of the instant reference a similar question arose before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Sou. Sandhya Manoj Wankhade v. Manoj Bhimrao Wankhade & Ors., arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 2854 of 2010. The Apex Court by its judgement delivered on 31.01.2011 disposed of the aforesaid matter with an authoritative pronouncement and setting all controversies at rests with the following observations;