GUWAHATI, India, June 24 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on May 26:
1. Heard Mr. Sishir Dutta, the learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. S. Dutta, the counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. A. Sarmah, the learned counsel representing the sole respondent.
2. This is an application under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code praying for quashing the proceedings of D.V. Case No.212 of 2023 pending in the court of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup(M), Guwahati.
3. The 51 year old respondent filed an application under Sections 12, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against the present petitioner, being her husband. They were married on 08.02.2008. Initially, the...