IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT TUESDAY, THE 19TH JUNE 2007 / 29TH JYAISHTA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 1768 of 2007(A) ------------------------------ (O.P. NO. 86/2000 of FAMILY COURT, KOTTAYAM C.M.P. NO. 552/2007 of JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE, CHANGANACHERRY) PETITIONER: -------------- SREEPARVATHY @ RAMA, PARVATHY NIVAS, KURICHY KARA, CHANGANACHERRY. BY ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. 2. THE DISTRICT PROTECTION OFFICER UNDER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, KOTTAYAM.(THE DISTRICT PROBATION OFFICER GRADE-I, KOTTAYAM.) 3. V.C.SURESH, ALATHUNKAL HOUSE, KIDANGOOR SOUTH, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI. GIKKU JACOB, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: R.BASANT, J ------------------------------------ Crl.M.C.No.1768 of 2007 ------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of June, 2007 O R D E R The petitioner is an aggrieved person under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as `the Domestic Violence Act') and she had filed a petition against the 3rd respondent, her husband. Her short grievance is that the matter is not being taken up with expedition and even the service on the 3rd respondent is not complete. Report of the learned Magistrate has been obtained. The learned Magistrate in the report explains the circumstances under which service could not be effected earlier and narrates the various steps taken by the learned Magistrate to get the notice served through a protection officer. I am satisfied that active efforts are afoot to get the service effected and no further directions are necessary in the matter now. 2. This Crl.M.C is, in these circumstances, dismissed accepting the submission of the learned Magistrate that every effort shall be made to expeditiously effect the service and dispose of the petition filed under the Domestic Violence Act. (R.BASANT, JUDGE) rtr/- 2