1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.1558 OF 2010 Sanjay Kedia .. Petitioner. Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.A.M.Saraogi for the petitioner. Mrs.P.P.Shinde APP for the State. CORAM : B.H.MARLAPALLE & ANOOP V.MOHTA, JJ. DATED : 28TH JUNE, 2010. P.C. We have heard Mr.Saraogi, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner’s wife has filed the complaint before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore which is registered as Criminal Miscellaneous No.960 of 2010. It appears to be an application under section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The petitioner prays for quashing of the said complaint filed at Bangalore. 3. Complainant no.1 is the petitioner’s wife and complainant nos.2 and 3 are her minor daughters. The complainant – wife appears to have parental home at Bangalore. As per Mr.Saraogi, the complainant-wife has deserted the matrimonial home and gone to Bangalore and despite the family settlement, the wife keeps harassing the petitioner by filing such complaints. 4. In our opinion, the remedy for the petitioner, in the peculiar S 2 facts of this case would be either to oppose the complaint by causing his appearance before the learned Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Bangalore or to approach the Karnataka High Court for appropriate relief. 5. The petition is disposed off with liberty, in the above lines. (ANOOP.V.MOHTA,J.) (B.H.MARLAPALLE,J.)