JUDGMENT

1. Rule.

2. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of the learned Counsel for the parties,heard finally at the stage of admission.

3. This Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and Sec. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('the Code'), takes exception to an Order dtd. 20/1/2021 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 12th Court, Bandra, Mumbai, on an Application (Exhibit 9) preferred by the Petitioners to dismiss the Domestic Violence Application No.112/DV/2020 filed by the Respondent No.2 - complainant, whereby the said application came to be rejected.

4. Shorn of unnecessary details, the background facts leading to this Petition, can be stated as under :

(a) Respondent No.2 was working with Jet Airways (International) as a cabin crew head. The Petitioner No.1 is a businessman. The Petitioner Nos.2 and 3 are the parents of the Petitioner No.1. With a view to have a matrimonial alliance, the families of Petitioner No.1 and the Respondent No.2 got introduced. The Roka (engagement) ceremony between the Petitioner No.1 and the Respondent No.2 was held on 6/5/2018 at the residence of the Petitioners at Mumbai. The Petitioners claimed t