{"id":358284,"date":"2025-08-29T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=358284"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T06:46:58","slug":"s-468-crpc-applies-to-penal-proceedings-under-dv-act-jk-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/29\/s-468-crpc-applies-to-penal-proceedings-under-dv-act-jk-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar of limitation period under S. 468 CrPC applies only to penal proceedings under S. 31 DV Act: J&amp;K and Ladakh HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Ladakh High Court:<\/span> The petitioner (&#8216;husband&#8217;), filed the present petition under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\">482<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#8217;) seeking to quash a complaint under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005<\/a> (&#8216;DV Act&#8217;)&nbsp;and to set aside the application filed along with the complaint under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560350\" target=\"_blank\">23<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>. A Single Judge Bench of M.A. Chowdhary, J., stated that the bar of the period of limitation under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519775\" target=\"_blank\">468<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> would be applicable only to the penal proceedings under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560359\" target=\"_blank\">31<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> seeking punishment for the breach of the protection order or an interim protection order. The Court thus, dismissed the petition, observed that the husband&#8217;s plea of the complaint being barred by limitation was misconceived as Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519775\" target=\"_blank\">468<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> was not applicable to Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The respondent (&#8216;wife&#8217;) filed a complaint under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> along with an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560350\" target=\"_blank\">23<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>, alleging that she was assaulted by the petitioner, thrown out of her matrimonial house on 20-07-2019, and threatened of dire consequences if she came back. She submitted that on 22-07-2019,&nbsp;the husband asked her mother and brother&nbsp;for dowry and that&nbsp;she and her minor son had no source of income and were left to fend for themselves. The&nbsp;husband had committed domestic violence against&nbsp;her, and she was made to suffer cruel acts. But the husband argued that he was falsely implicated in the complaint as well as in the application and contended that the said complaint was time-barred and in repugnance to Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560359\" target=\"_blank\">31<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> read with Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519775\" target=\"_blank\">468<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Analysis and Decision:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court emphasised that the DV Act was enacted with the object of providing more effective protection to the women&#8217;s right granted under the Constitution and to tackle the menace of domestic violence faced by women in our society. The Court&nbsp;acknowledged that a very wide meaning&nbsp;was assigned to the term &#8216;domestic violence&#8217; as provided under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560357\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse, humiliation, repeated threats to cause physical pain, economic abuse, deprivation of all or any economic or financial resources, disposal of household effects, prohibition or restriction to continued access to resources or facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed out that different categories of reliefs were provided under the DV Act, like the right to reside in a shared household, protection orders, residence orders, monetary reliefs, custody orders, and compensation orders. These reliefs could be sought either by making an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> or by making an application in a pending legal proceeding affecting an aggrieved person before a Civil Court, Family Court or a Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court observed that&nbsp;an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> could not be equated with a complaint within the meaning of Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519450\" target=\"_blank\">200<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> or Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001803932\" target=\"_blank\">223<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (&#8216;BNSS&#8217;). The Court noted that notwithstanding the penal provisions&nbsp;under Sections 31 and 33, the proceedings before the Magistrate under the DV Act were predominantly of a civil nature. The Court opined that where the DV Act or Rules had specifically set out the procedure, thereby excluding the operation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> as contemplated under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560355\" target=\"_blank\">28(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>, the application under Section 12&nbsp;could not be treated as&nbsp;a complaint under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519448\" target=\"_blank\">2(d)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a>. Similarly, the procedure for taking cognizance set out under Section 190(1) of&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> followed by the procedure set out in Chapter XV of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> for taking cognizance, would have no application to the proceedings under the DV Act.&nbsp;The Court observed that the husband&#8217;s contention wrongly equated filing of an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> to lodging of a complaint or initiation of a prosecution, so as to hold that the application&nbsp;ought to have been filed within a period of one year of the alleged acts of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court pointed out that the issue was whether limitation as prescribed under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> was applicable to the applications or complaints filed under the DV Act. The Court opined that the bar of the period of limitation would be applicable only to the penal proceedings under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560359\" target=\"_blank\">31<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> seeking punishment for the breach of the protection order or an interim protection order. Such penal proceedings could not be initiated, if the same were not brought up within the period of limitation as contained in Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519775\" target=\"_blank\">468<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> or&nbsp;the corresponding Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804255\" target=\"_blank\">514<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9001804327\" target=\"_blank\">BNSS<\/a>. But there could be no bar to maintain an application under other provisions including Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560350\" target=\"_blank\">23<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a>. The Court relied on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kamatchi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Lakshmi Narayanan<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/j5G5AHYe\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-style: solid; text-underline-mode: continuous; text-underline-color: #467886; color: #467886;\">(2022) 15 SCC 50<\/span><\/a>, wherein the Supreme Court held that the limitation period under Section 468&nbsp;of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> did not apply to applications made under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> and that since Section 12 was not akin to a criminal complaint, the&nbsp;procedural safeguards or limitation rules applicable to criminal proceedings (like cognizance under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a>) did not apply at that stage. The Court referred to <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Shaurabh Kumar Tripathi<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vidhi Rawal<\/span>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/wW2b3rTC\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; text-underline-style: solid; text-underline-mode: continuous; text-underline-color: #467886; color: #467886;\">2025 SCC OnLine SC 1158<\/span><\/a>, where it was held that the High Court should exercise&nbsp;its&nbsp;power under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\">482<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">CrPC<\/a> considering the object of the DV Act with circumspection, while dealing with an application under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001560338\" target=\"_blank\">12(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002829238\" target=\"_blank\">DV Act<\/a> and that normally an interference under Section 482 was warranted only in the case of gross illegality or injustice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Consequently, the Court observed that since the plea of limitation was not tenable in the case, the petition being misconceived and devoid of any merit, was liable to be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Tilak Raj v. Darshana Devi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/3kH8LsEg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 SCC OnLine J&#038;K 855<\/a>, decided on 21-08-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Petitioner:<\/span> C. M. Koul, Sr. Adv with A R Bhat, Advocate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Respondent:<\/span> Ajay Bakshi, Advocate.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000080;\">Buy Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebcwebstore.com\/product_info.php?products_id=1031\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Code of Criminal Procedure\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-294422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-440x293.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure.jpg 886w, https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/code-of-criminal-procedure-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">In the present case, the petitioner has wrongly equated filing an application under Section 12 of DV Act to lodging of a complaint or initiation of a prosecution. 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