IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 4TH MARCH 2008 / 14TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.MC.No. 857 of 2008() ------------------------ CMP.2246/2007 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ERNAKULAM .................... PETITIONER: --------------------- VILASINI,W/O.RAGHAVAN KOTTACHIRAYIL HOUSE, PALLIPRATHISSERI P.O. MANNATHANAM, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.BALAGOVINDAN RESPONDENTS: STATE ------------------ 1. VIJAYAMMA SABU @ RAMA W/O. SABU, GOKULAM HOUSE NADAKKAVU P.O., UDAYAMPEROOR, ERNAKULAM. 2. STATE REPRESENTED BY PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.M.C.No.857 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 4th day of March, 2008 ORDER The petitioner, who is the 1st respondent in Crl.M.P.No.561 of 2008 in C.M.P.No.2246 of 2007 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam, challenges the order dated 15.02.08 passed by the Magistrate restraining the respondents to the said CMP from obstructing the applicant- Vijayamma Sabu (1st respondent herein) from residing in the shared household mentioned in the petition. 2. The main contention of the petitioner is that an adult male person can alone be a respondent to a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. She further contends that claiming identical reliefs, the 1st respondent herein has filed two other applications. 3. Annexure G order is an order which is appealable under Section 29 of the said Act and the petitioner is free to raise all the contentions, including the aforementioned arguments before the Appellate Court, namely the Sessions Court concerned. Reserving the right of the petitioner to raise all those contentions before the Appellate Court, this Crl.M.C is dismissed. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE Crl.M.C.No. of 2008 2 sj