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MAHESHAN NAGAPRASANNA
Amrut A. Kulkarni – Appellant
Versus
Rashmi Hongunti – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Maheshan Nagaprasanna, J. - The petitioners are before this Court calling in question the proceedings in Crl. Misc. No. 104/2019 registered invoking Section 12 of the Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' for short).
2. Heard the learned Senior Counsel, Sri. M.T. Nanaiah, appearing for Sri. M.R.C. Manohar and the learned counsel Smt. R. Priyanka, appearing for the respondent.
3. Brief facts leading to the filing of this petition as borne out from the pleadings are as follows:
Before embarking upon the consideration of the issue on its merits, I deem it appropriate to narrate the relationship between the parties.
Respondent is the wife of the 1st petitioner and is the complainant in the case at hand. The 1st petitioner is the husband, 2nd petitioner is mother-in-law, 3rd petitioner is father-in-law and 4th petitioner is brother-in-law of the complainant.
4. The first petitioner and the complainant get married on 30-11-2010 and it transpires that from the wedlock, the couple has a child. Differences arose between the 1st petitioner and the respondent-complainant and the relationship got strained. Several proceedings are pending
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