ORDER :

This Revision Petition has been filed under Sections 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The challenge in this revision petition is judgment in Crl.Appeal No.18/2024 on the files of the Sessions Court, Palakkad, arising out of order in Crl.M.P.No.4006/2023 in M.C.No.59/2023 on the files of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Palakkad.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the 1st respondent in detail. The learned Public Prosecutor appearing for the 2nd respondent, State of Kerala also was heard. Perused the order and judgment under challenge as well as the relevant records which led to the impugned verdicts.

3. I shall refer the parties in this Revision Petition as to their status before the trial court.

4. The case revolves around an interim order passed by the Magistrate in an application filed by the petitioner under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (`D.V Act’ for short) in M.C.No.59/2023, pending before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class-II, Palakkad.

5. The petitioner filed Crl.M.P.No.4006/2023 along with M.C.No.59/2023 under Section 12 of the D.V Act seeking interim reliefs: “(i) prohibi