IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CRIMINAL REVISIONAL JURISDICTION APELLATE SIDE The Hon’ble JUSTICE SUVRA GHOSH C.R.R. 967 of 2024 (CRAN 1 of 2024)

Amaresh Chowdhury v/s.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner: Mr. Kushal Kr. Mukherjee, Adv., Ms. Pranidhi Singh, Adv., Ms. Asrukana Maji, Adv., For the Opposite Party/Wife: Mr. Prasenjit Mukherjee, Adv., Ms. Sima Ghosh, Adv., Judgment delivered on: 02.04.2025 SUVRA GHOSH, J. :-

1. The revisional application assails the judgment/order passed by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, 1^st Court, Paschim Medinipur on 13^th December, 2023 in Criminal Appeal 54 of 2023. By the said judgment, the learned Judge has affirmed the order passed by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Paschim Medinipur (in charge) in Misc. Case. No. 190 of 2023 on 19th August, 2023. By the order dated 19th August, 2023 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate has registered the petition filed by the opposite party under section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (in short the PWDV Act) as miscellaneous case.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has sought dismissal of the proceeding under the PWDV Act solely on the groun