K. Harilal, J.

The revision petitioner is the respondent in M.C.No.15/2009 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court, Kayamkulam. The above M.C. was filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and sought for reliefs under Sections 17, 18, 19 and 20. The learned Magistrate passed an order restraining the revision petitioner from making any kind of obstruction to the peaceful living of the 1st respondent and her children in the shared household mentioned in the petition and also from committing any kind of domestic violence towards the 1st respondent. Further, the revision petitioner is directed to pay maintenance allowance at the rate of Rs. 2,000/- to the 1st respondent and Rs. 1,500/- each to her two children, per month from the date of the order. He was restrained from alienating or encumbering the property wherein the shared household is situated, without the leave of the court. This order is under challenge in this Revision Petition.

2. It is the case of the 1st respondent that she is the legally wedded wife of the revision petitioner and they have got two children in the wed-lock and they are aged 17 and 14 years r