Under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, after lodging the aggrieved person in a…

Section 10(2)(c) lets a service provider ensure that the aggrieved person is given shelter in a shelter home, if she so requires, and forward a report of the lodging "to the police station within the local limits of which the domestic violence took place". The Magistrate, the Collector and the State Government are not named.