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2005 DIGILAW 1218 (BOM)

Minshi Yadav v. State of U. P.

2005-09-14

R.C.DEEPAK

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JUDGMENT:- The present petition has been filed for quashing the orders dated 8-102001 and 13-3-2003 passed by the courts below refusing the maintenance allowance to the petitioner. 2. Heard Sri A.K. Malviya, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri K.K. Yadav, learned counsel for the respondent, learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State and perused the record. 3. The prayer for awarding maintenance allowance to the petitioner has been refused by the courts below on the ground that the petitioner is not having the company of her husband without an reasonable cause, but the maintenance allowance at the rate of Rs.75/in favour of her minor daughters named Priyanka and Sanju was allowed by the learned Magistrate vide order dated 16-8-1991 in case no.703 of 1990. The petitioner filed revisions no.181 of 1994, but the revision was not pressed as the parties had entered into compromise dated 22-6-1996 (annexure-2) to live together. The respondent did not act upon the compromise and he dragged his wife from his house. The wife filed an application under Section 125, Cr.P.C. which is under challenge. 4. The subsequent application under, Section 125, Cr.P.C. ought to have been treated as an application to enforce the compromise dated 22-6-1996, but the courts below committed gross illegality in treating the same as fresh application and dismissed the same being barred as res-judicata. 5. In view of the discussions made above, the orders dated 8-10-200 I and 13-32003 passed by the courts below are hereby set aside and the learned magistrate is directed to reconsider the mater, examine the circumstances under which the petitioner was dragged out from her in-laws' house and-after providing proper opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned, pass a fresh and proper order in light of the observations made above and till the disposal of the proceeding, the respondent no.4 Haridwar Yadav shall pay Rs.500/- per month as interim maintenance allowance to the petitioner. 6. With these observations, the petition stands disposed of.