JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP SHARMA, J.

1. By way of instant petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for quashing and setting aside the order dated 6.12.2014, passed by learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh in Lok Adalat in case No. 3/2014, titled as Kiran Bala versus Param Jeet Singh as well as subsequent proceedings instituted under Section 31 of the Domestic Violence Act.

2. Having received the notices in the instant proceedings, respondents while putting appearance also filed an application bearing CMP No.13409 of 2019, seeking therein permission of this Court to place on record additional documents, which may be relevant for the adjudication of the case at hand.

3. Having heard learned counsel representing the parties and perused the material available on record vis-à-vis order dated 6.12.2014, sought to be quashed in the instant proceedings, this Court finds that a complaint under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act (for short ‘Act’) was filed by respondent No.1 against the petitioner, seeking therein maintenance on account of domestic violence, but it appear