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IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Kaushik Goswami
Abdus Salam Laskar, S/o Haji Aymon Raja Laskar – Appellant
Versus
Mustt Rehima Begum Laskar, D/o Md. Abdur Rejak Laskar – Respondent
Key Points: - The Magistrate Court directed monthly maintenance of Rs. 4,000 and one-time compensation of Rs. 2,00,000; Appellate Court modified to Rs. 3,500 per month and Rs. 1,00,000 compensation (!) (!) (!) - The evidence showed mental and physical torture, including sending talaknama, threats, and prior violence; Court held petitioner committed domestic violence under the Act (!) (!) (!) (!) (!) - Appellate Court held talak not valid due to lack of witnesses, but domestic violence evidence remained and compensation/maintenance upheld with reduction (!) (!) (!) - Section 20 authorizes monetary relief including maintenance; Section 22 permits compensation for injuries including mental torture; monetary relief can be lump sum or monthly (!) (!) (!) - Court emphasized that sufficiency of evidence as to domestic violence cannot be re-evaluated by a higher court once concurred by lower courts (!) (!) - The petition under CrPC 482 was dismissed; appellate and magistrate decisions not infirmed in legal terms (!) (!)
JUDGMENT :
KAUSHIK GOSWAMI, J.
Heard Mr. S.C. Biswas, learned counsel for the petitioner. None appears for the respondent on call, despite the name of the learned counsel being reflected in the cause list.
2. By way of this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘Cr.PC’), the petitioner is assailing the Judgment & Order dated 04.06.2018 passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hailakandi (hereinafter referred to as ‘Magistrate Court’) in M.R.(D.V.) Case No. 195/2016 and the Judgment & Order dated 25.03.2019 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Hailakandi (hereinafter referred to as ‘Appellate Court’) in Criminal Appeal No. 33/2018.
3. The brief facts of the case is that the respondent had filed a case under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act, 2005’) before the Magistrate Court alleging domestic violence committed by the petitioner against her. The Magistrate Court upon trying the said case, held the petitioner guilty of committing domestic violence upon the respondent and accordingly, was pleased to direct monthly maintenance of Rs. 4,000/- (Rupees F
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