1. Heard.
2. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith with consent of
learned counsels appearing for the parties.
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3. By this petition, the petitioner has challenged the
order passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Warora, granting
maintenance in Domestic Violence Act proceedings No. 16/2017,
granting maintenance @ Rs.7,000/-, which was subsequently
reduced to Rs. 5,000/- by the Additional Sessions Judge, Warora,
District Chandrapur, in Criminal Appeal No. 17/2022.
4. The petitioner is the son of the respondent, who is the
original respondent in Domestic Violence proceeding No. 16/2017,
which was filed before the 2nd Joint Judicial Magistrate First Class,
Warora, under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as “the D.V.
Act” in short).