1. Petitioners through the medium of petition under Section 561-A Cr.P.C. are seeking quashment of complaints titled "Shweta Sharma and others v. Vinay Sharma and others filed under Sections 12 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2010 pending before learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu, and order dated 12.10.2013 by virtue of which they have been directed to pay an amount of Rs.10,000/- per month to the respondents (petitioners herein) as an interim maintenance to the respondents-complaints on the grounds taken in it.

2. It is contended that relationship between petitioner No.1 and respondent No.1 as husband and wife remained cordial for sometime. Thereafter, respondent No.1 started harassing the petitioners on petty issues at the instigation of her parents. It is also contended that things became worst when petitioner No. 1 objected respondent No. 1's telephonic conversation with some unwanted persons and that too for long duration due to which petitioner No.1 became depressed and started taking alcohol. Petitioner No.1 was forced by respondent No.1 and her parents to live separately from his parents and started living in a rented accommodation. Therea

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