ORDER

This Criminal Revision, under Sections 397 and 401 Cr.P.C., is filed by respondent in D.V.C.No.2 of 2008 on the file of V Metropolitan Magistrate, Anakapalli, and appellant in Crl.A.No.223 of 2013 on the file of VII Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Visakhapatnam, whereby the Magistrate and Sessions Court passed an order granting various reliefs in a petition filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short ‘the Act’). The Magistrate, having found that respondent herein was subjected to domestic violence, granted relief, under Section 19(1)(a) of the Act, entitling her to continue to reside in the shared household; maintenance under Section 20 of the Act; and damages for stress and agony faced by her.

2. Parties hereinafter will be referred to as ‘petitioner’ and ‘respondent’ for the purpose of convenience.

3. The respondent as aggrieved filed petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, claiming various reliefs alleging that the respondent is working as a Grade-II Mechanic in CME Department, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, earning Rs.15,000/- p.m; and, in addition to