ORDER :

Petitioners No.1 and 3 in M.C.No.18 of 2013 on the files of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-I, Alappuzha filed Crl.R.P.No.377 of 2022. Respondents No.1 and 3 in that M.C. filed Crl.R.P.No.869 of 2023. Parties are referred to as they were arraigned in M.C.No.18 of 2013.

2. The 1st petitioner is the wife of the 1st respondent. Their marriage was solemnised on 03.11.1996. The petitioners No.2 and 3 are their children. Respondent Nos.2 and 3 are the mother and sister respectively of respondent No.1. The petitioners filed M.C.No.18 of 2013 under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act) claiming protection order and monetary reliefs including maintenance. The trial court, after considering the evidence on record, granted reliefs as follows:

“1) 1st and 3rd petitioners are restrained from committing any act of domestic violence against the petitions.

(2) The 1st and 3rd counter petitioners are restrained from alienating the property comprised in Sy.No.523/26B without the leave of the court concerned.

(3) The 1st counter petitioner is directed to return Rs.1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only) and 50 sovereigns of gold ornaments or the mar