{"id":178362,"date":"2010-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/murali-mohan-vs-r-sumitra-on-3-august-2010"},"modified":"2017-11-11T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T09:41:12","slug":"murali-mohan-vs-r-sumitra-on-3-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/murali-mohan-vs-r-sumitra-on-3-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Murali Mohan vs R Sumitra on 3 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Murali Mohan vs R Sumitra on 3 August, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Subhash B.Adi<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\nDATED 'I\"HiS THE 3313 DAY OF' AUGUST 2010\n\nBEFORE\n\nTHE HONBLE MR,JI}S'I'ICE SUBHASH B.Ar:\ufb01\" '  '-  '\n\nCRIMINAL REVISION PETITIONHNO.853'i'2\u20aci1_{i   0'\n\nBETWEEN:\n\nMurali Mohan\n\nS\/0 Late Ratndas\n\nAged about 33, R\/at No.35,\n\nKempegowda Layout . _  --    \nLaggere, Bangalore ~ 40, '    3. . V\" ~   .. PETITIONER\n\n(By Sri.Anii Shekar K,_s., Adv,}__:0\"   '\n\nAND:       \n\n1. R.Sur:1itraA':lVi3t3'\\.}i,.':\".1',_I,!_o magi; Mohan\nAged:V_aboutyea\u00a5rS -. ' --\n\n2 . Kum . N andini, ' D 0. jSuVr'n_i_t'ra \"D evi\nAged abou_t\"4,yea1fs  \" A \nBoth are re'si_diI1gvat.No.55.\n10*}? Cross, J .0.-1\\\u00a7agarV,\n Rajajfrxagar  '\n. 'Bangalore;-86. .. RESPONDENTS\n\n{By0'Sri}'0K,Mii1;\u00a3'_\ufb01yf, ;\u00e9_&amp;d'x}.}\n\nTins. E3rir.11\"inal Revision Petition is \ufb01led under Section\n\n\"~?i;f39'F\u00bb{1] reativwith 401 Cr.P.C. praying to set aside the judgment\n.1  passexfin C.Mis.N0.794\/O8 dt. 27\/6\/2009 on the \ufb01ie of VII\n Ad'd1.;V .CN;M. Bangalore and dismiss the complaint filed by the\n\nrespondent\/petitio.ner in C.Mis,No.794\/O8 \ufb02ied before vs AddE.,\n\n  Bangalore.\n\n\n\nThis Revision Petition coming on for admission this day,\nthe Court made the following:\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>Petitioner. who is the husband of respondent No.1_..and<\/p>\n<p>father of respondent No.2, has \ufb01led this petition,<br \/>\nthe judgment passed in Criminai Appeal  .\n<\/p>\n<p>315i March 2010 on the file of Fast Track__Court&#8217;\u00a7i&#8221;,&#8221; uh&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>City, con\ufb01rming the order of the V11 <\/p>\n<p>Cr1.Misc.No.794\/2008 dated 27.s;:\u00e9_o09.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Respondents had \ufb02ied an appiica\ufb01on under Serition 12<br \/>\nof the Protection of Womenvfi&#8217;oV.ri1_ Violence Act {&#8216;Act&#8217; for<\/p>\n<p>short} interalia claiming protection order the monetary<\/p>\n<p>bene\ufb01t, sharedv   after hearing both the<br \/>\nsides and hased on&#8217;  ordered for maintenance of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.4,OOOA\/.&#8211;_ per  tneirespondent No.1 till her life time<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;per  to respondent No.2 til} her marriage.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;~*_. towards the compensation and directed<\/p>\n<p> petitioner.itolgpirovide a residence to the respondents in a<br \/>\nshared hionsehold with minimum requirement either in ground<br \/>\n   \ufb02oor Within 90 days. This order Was calied in<\/p>\n<p>it  __qr11.&#8217;esAti;0n&#8217;Air1 Criminal Appeai. The appellate court modi\ufb01ed the<\/p>\n<p>order. instead of Rs.-4,00(&#8216;)\/&#8211; maintenance to the respondent<\/p>\n<p>No.1, it is reduced to Rs.3,000\/- and similarly it is reduced to<br \/>\nRs.3,000\/&#8211; to respondent No.2 also. As against this order,___the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner has filed this revision petition.<\/p>\n<p>3. Learned Counsel appearing for the petitionerj&#8221;~  V&#8217;<br \/>\nsubmitted that, the shared household  by<br \/>\napplication is an exclusive property<br \/>\npetitioner and such house canno:t~l..Vbe lltiejatedu<br \/>\nhousehold under the de\ufb01nition of  &#8216;2,c1ause&#8217;  ofithe Act.<\/p>\n<p>In support of his contentionllhe   decision of the<br \/>\nApex Court reported_:1n.V_.VOlC:i-.&#8217;I&#8217;   AIR 2007 SC<br \/>\n3318 in the   ANOTHER &#8211;vs&#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p>SMT.TARU1\\lA___vBAflT&lt;iii;::v_ _an&#039;._c1-  that, in identical<br \/>\ncircumstances&#039;; the  observed as under:\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;29. As reglar.ds&#8217;Sectionp 17(1) of the Act, in our opinion<\/p>\n<p>the wife isonly entitied &#8220;to claim a right to residence in<br \/>\nashared household, and a &#8216;shared household&#8217; would<br \/>\n only mean the  belonging to or taken on rent by<br \/>\n.  husband, or the house which belongs to the joint<br \/>\n &#8220;&#8216;_farnily\u00ab._hof Vlwhigrh the husband is a member. The<br \/>\n&#8216; . propei&#8217;ty_~vin question in the present case neither belongs<br \/>\nto Amit Baird nor was it taken on rent by him nor is it a<br \/>\njoint fanny property of which the husband Amit Batra<\/p>\n<p>is a~~merr1ber. It is the exclusive property of appellant<\/p>\n<p>   A. .No.2,&#8217;mother of Amit Baird Hence it cannot be called a<\/p>\n<p> _ &#8216;shared household.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>it .:i{l7.e.15:\\pex Court held that the property standing in the name of<\/p>\n<p> it &#8220;&#8216;1iiotl1er&#8211;in~law cannot be treated as a shared household.<\/p>\n<p>s.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>4. In this case, it is not in dispute that the shared<br \/>\nhousehold mentioned by the complainant is the property<br \/>\nstanding in the name of rnother&#8211;in&#8211;laW of respondent No:.l;<br \/>\nit is neither standing in her husband&#8217;s name nor  .<br \/>\nproperty nor was it a joint family property,&#8217;  xrieiif  &#8221; &#8221;<br \/>\nI find that the judgment of the Apex<br \/>\nSection 17 of the Act squarely appiies_yto this lcasg     if<\/p>\n<p>5. Insofar as monetary benefitli_lis-l.conceI&#8217;hedl,:  appellate<br \/>\ncourt taking into consideration   iyciivcurpnstances has fixed<br \/>\nthe reasonable monetary  justification to<\/p>\n<p>interfere with they saidgee\ufb01nding.\n<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the  partly allowed. Insofar as<\/p>\n<p>shared h-o.useho1d_:l is..v&#8221;con-cerned, the order of the learned<\/p>\n<p>{Magistilate iii. CrLMisc.l\\?o&#8217;;7v94\/2008 dated 27.6.2009 con\ufb01rmed<\/p>\n<p>in&#8217;Qi&#8217;inji11a;l&#8221;\u00ab..g\u00a7ppeall_;.No.565\/2009 dated 31st March 2010 is<\/p>\n<p> mhereby   &#8220;The order of monetary benefit as ordered by<\/p>\n<p>-.l.l.&#8221;_f:..\u00abthe,learnedlviagistrate modified by the learned Sessions Judge<\/p>\n<p> \u00ab.i_s&#8221;Whereb&#8217;y con\ufb01rmed. However, liberty is reserved to the<\/p>\n<p> respogndents to seek such other alternative accommodation as<\/p>\n<p>pennissible in law. If any such application is filed by the<\/p>\n<p>respondents, the Eearned Magistrate is directed to dispose of the<\/p>\n<p>same as early as possible.\n<\/p>\n<p>JUDGE   f  <\/p>\n<p>KNM\/~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Murali Mohan vs R Sumitra on 3 August, 2010 Author: Subhash B.Adi IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED &#8216;I&#8221;HiS THE 3313 DAY OF&#8217; AUGUST 2010 BEFORE THE HONBLE MR,JI}S&#8217;I&#8217;ICE SUBHASH B.Ar:\ufb01&#8221; &#8216; &#8216;- &#8216; CRIMINAL REVISION PETITIONHNO.853&#8217;i&#8217;2\u20aci1_{i 0&#8217; BETWEEN: Murali Mohan S\/0 Late Ratndas Aged about 33, R\/at No.35, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murali Mohan vs R Sumitra on 3 August, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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