IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 2841 OF 2010 Smt. Kashish Arjun Rohra ....Petitioner V/S. Smt. Nirmala Parsram Rohra & 3 Ors. ....Respondents Mr. J.S. Chandnani, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.H. Joshi, Advocate for respondents no.1 to 4. Mrs. A.A. Mane, APP for State-respondent no.5. CORAM :- Smt. R.P. SondurBaldota, J. 6th July, 2011. P.C. :- 1. Mr. Chandnani, the learned counsel for the applicant, seeks liberty to convert the writ petition into criminal revision application. Liberty is granted. 2. The order dated 21st August, 2009 impugned in the application discharges original opponents no.1 and 4 to the Miscellaneous Application filed by the applicant in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kalyan under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The impugned order discharges opponents no.1 and 4 under the Domestic Violence Act on the ground that only male person can be prosecuted under this Act and opponents no.1 and 4 who are women are beyond the purview of the Act. The learned counsel for the respondents, in fairness, concedes that interpretation of the term relative” by the trial court is incorrect and that this Court, as “ well as, the Supreme Court has held that relative” of husband or male “ partner include female persons. In view of the concession, the application is allowed. The impugned order dated 21st August, 2009 passed in Misc. Application No.13 of 2009 is set aside. Mr. Chandnani, states that the next date of the proceedings before the trial Court is 25th July, 2011. The respondents i.e. opponents no.1 and 4 to the original application shall appear before the trial Court on that date. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]