ORDER

The judgment rendered by the Additional Sessions Court - II, Palakkad, in Crl.A.No.230 of 2016, enhancing the maintenance amount awarded by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Chittoor, to the aggrieved person in M.C.No.46 of 2015, is under challenge in this revision.

2. The 1^st respondent and her two daughters had approached the learned Magistrate seeking various reliefs under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act . After the evaluation of the evidence adduced through the oral testimony of the 1^st respondent as PW1, and that of the petitioner herein as RW1, and also the relevant documents on record, the learned Magistrate awarded maintenance at the rate of Rs.2,000/- per month to the 1^st respondent herein. Though the aggrieved person / 1^st respondent challenged the aforesaid verdict before the Appellate Court, the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Palakkad, who considered the appeal, made only the enhancement of the maintenance amount to Rs.4,0