Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005–Sec. 12–Interim maintenance to wife–Enhanced upto Rs. 3,000/- from Rs. 1,000/- Plea of petitioner-husband that police submitted the report that no domestic violence has been committed–Mis-interpretation by the police in report–Domestic violence is not limited to a physical assault–Police report is not binding on a judicial officer–Held, police report was rightly ignored by Court below–Further held, in view of rising of prices, the enhanced amount cannot be called excessive.


