MD.MUMTAZ KHAN
Guru Prasad Chattopadhyay – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
MD. MUMTAZ KHAN, J.
1. The instant revision has been preferred by the petitioner/husband assailing the judgment and order dated September 17, 2015 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Birbhum in Criminal Appeal No.34 of 2013 dismissing the appeal.
2. The facts leading to the instant revision, in brief, are as follows:
Opposite party no.2/wife filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as PWDV Act, or Act, 2005) against the husband namely the petitioner, her brother-in-law and sisters-in-law before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate seeking reliefs under Sections 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the said Act. It was registered as Misc. Case No. 129/2010 and notices were issued. In consequence to the said notice only petitioner/husband appeared and contested the said application by filing written objection. Both parties adduced their respective evidences and thereafter, learned Chief Judicial Magistrate after hearing both parties allowed the application of the opposite party no.2/wife directing the husband, the petitioner herein, to pay a maintenance allowance @ Rs.15,000/- per month to the wife, the o
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