JUDGMENT

1. Heard Mr. A. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. K. Deka, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. The petitioner preferred the present criminal revision petition before this Court challenging the legality and validity of the impugned judgment and order dated 11.12.2013 passed by the learned Add. Sessions Judge (FTC) No.3, Kamrup, Guwahati in Criminal Appeal No. 83 of 2013 arising out of the judgment and order dated 01.04.2013 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup, Guwahati in Misc. Case No. 116 M /2013 providing the protection under Section 18/19/20(2) of the Protection of Women from the Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

3. The respondent remarried the petitioner in 2007 without disclosing her earlier marriage with one Pulin Kumar Das, son of Pratap Ch. Das of Kahilipara, Guwahati -1. After solemnization of marriage, the petitioner came to know that she had a living spouse at a time of marriage with him. The respondent filed the various case including the aforesaid Misc. case seeking the monetary and residential relief under the provision of D.V. Act, 2005. The petitioner appeared and filed his written statement before the Chief Judicial Mag