High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition Challenging Refusal to Discharge Accused Under Section 31 of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The court held that the question of maintainability of a complaint under Section 31 of the DV Act cannot be raised at the stage of discharge under Section 239 Cr.P.C. and must be decided at trial....
The petitioner, Francis Cyril C Cunha, is the accused in C.C. No. 327/2012 pending before the Civil Judge and JMFC, Moodbidri, for an offence punishable under Section 31 of the Protection of Women fro...
