ORDER :

1. This Criminal Petition is filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashment of proceedings in D.V.C.No. 40 of 2018 on the file of Judicial Magistrate of First Class for Trial of Prohibition and Excise Offences, Nellore.

2. Respondent No. 1 and her minor daughter No. 2 are the applicants in the above said D.V.C. Respondent No. 3 is the State.

3. Sri V.Eswaraiah Chowdary, learned counsel appearing for petitioners, Kum Grandhi Priyanka, learned counsel representing Sri V.V.Satish, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.1 and 2 and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing respondent No. 3 submitted arguments.

4. Since D.V.C.No. 40 of 2018 is sought to be quashed, it is relevant to notice what is there in that application.

5. An aggrieved woman and her minor daughter filed the said D.V.C. under Sections 12, 23(2), 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short ‘the Act, 2005’). The reliefs claimed in the said application are extracted here:

(a) To grant protection orders prohibiting the acts of Domestic Violence Right against 1st respondent and his family members from repeating any of the acts of Domestic Violence.

(b) Dire