law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  5. Duties of police
  
  officers, service providers and Magistrate.-
  A police officer, Protection
  
  Officer, service provider or Magistrate who has received a complaint of
  
  domestic violence or is otherwise present at the place of an incident of
  
  domestic violence or when the incident of domestic violence is reported to him,
  
  shall inform the aggrieved person-
  a.  
  
    of her right to make an application for obtaining a relief by way
  
  of a protection order, an order for monetary relief, a custody order, a
  
  residence order, a compensation order or more than one such order under this
  
  Act;
  b.  
  
    of the availability of services of service providers;
  c.  
  
    of the availability of services of the Protection Officers;
  d.  
  
    of her right to free legal services under the Legal Services
  
  Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987);
  e.  
  
    of her right to file a complaint under section 498A of the Indian
  
  Penal Code (45 of 1860), wherever relevant:
  Provided that nothing in this Act
  
  shall be construed in any manner as to relieve a police officer from his duty
  
  to proceed in accordance with law upon receipt of information as to the
  
  commission of a cognizable offence.