ORDER

M. Nagaprasanna, J. -

The petitioners who are the father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the respondent are before this Court calling in question proceedings initiated by the respondent in Criminal Miscellaneous No.570 of 2021 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru Rural District invoking Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 ('the Act' for short).

2. Facts, in brief, germane are as follows:-

One R. Vijay Babu Waghmare and the respondent got married on 25-02-2021. Barely after 7 months of marriage, alleging that the husband and the in-laws or the family members have meted out torture upon the wife, the respondent/wife invoked the jurisdiction of the learned Magistrate under Section 12 of the Act seeking several reliefs, the protection order for residence and maintenance from the hands of the husband. These petitioners are arrayed as respondents 2, 3 an 4 therein alleging that they have also instigated the husband in meeting out such torture upon the wife, which would become the ingredients of what would the domestic violence against the wife would mean. No order is passed by the concerned Court. The Petitioners who are respon