law: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
  31. Penalty for breach of
  
  protection order by respondent.-
  1.  
  
    A breach of protection order, or of an interim protection order,
  
  by the respondent shall be an offence under this Act and shall be punishable
  
  with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one
  
  year, or with fine which may extend to twenty thousand rupees, or with both.
  2.  The offence under sub-section (1) shall as far as practicable be
  
  tried by the Magistrate who had passed the order, the breach of which has been
  
  alleged to have been caused by the accused.
  3.  While framing charges under sub-section (1), the Magistrates may
  
  also frame charges under section 498A of the    Indian Penal Code    (45 of 1860)
  
  or any other provision of that Code or the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of
  
  1961), as the case may be, if the facts disclose the commission of an offence
  
  under those provisions.