BALWINDER SINGH Vs. HARPREET KAUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Tersely, the facts, which need a necessary mention for the limited purpose of deciding the core controversy, involved in the instant revision petition and emanating from the record, are that, Harpreet Kaur (respondent-wife) filed a criminal complaint against her husband petitioner Balwinder Singh and his other relatives under Section 12 and 18 to 23 of The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter to be referred as "the Act"). She has also moved an application for interim custody of her minor girl Rupinder Kaur, aged 3 years. The Magistrate accepted her prayer, vide impugned order dated 12.12.2011, which, in substance is as under:-

(2.) Instead of complying with the directions contained in the impugned order of Magistrate, the petitioner-husband filed the appeal, which was dismissed as well by the Additional Sessions Judge, by virtue of impugned judgment dated 15.2.2012.

(3.) The petitioner-husband did not feel satisfied with the impugned orders and preferred the present revision petition, invoking the provisions of Section 401 Cr.PC.