JUDGMENT : S.C. Mohapatra, J. - This is a revision by the step son against the order directing to pay maintenance of the step mother u/s 125 Criminal Procedure Code. 2. Quantum of compensation is only Rs. 100/- (one hundred) per month and calls for no interference. 3. Mr. Srinivas Mishra-1, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that step mother is not mother u/s 125 Cr. P. C., and accordingly, trial Court was not correct in awarding compensation. I am not able to accept the same. In a benevolent legislation like Section 125 Cr. P. C. which provides for discharge of obligation to maintain persons who deserve to be maintained, broad meaning is to be given to the term 'mother'. Accordingly, I am inclined to hold that step mother is included in the term mother u/s 125 Cr. P. C. 4. In the result, there is no merit in this criminal revision which is accordingly, dismissed. Final Result : Dismissed