IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REV. No.601 of 2008 SANJAY KHETAN @ SANJAY KUMAR KHETAN SON OF LATE SAWARMAL KHETAN, R/O- CHANDI PRASAD LANE, BUDHANATH ROAD, P.S.- KOTWALI, DISTRICT- BHAGALPUR. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. SMT. SHANTI DEVI KHETAN, W/O- LATE SAWARMAL KHETAN, R/O- AT C/O- SMT. BIMLA AGRAWAL BUDHANATH ROAD,P.S.- ADAMPUR, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR ALLEGEDLY AT C/O- VIJYANAND SHASTRI, SONBARSHA LANE, GOLAGHAT GODHAIYA, P.S.- TATARPUR, DISTRICT- BHAGALPUR. For the petitioner : Mr. Pandey Sanjay Sahay, Advocate For the O.P. : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ----------- 3 08.09.2010 Heard both sides. Petitioner is the son of O.P. no. 2 and is aggrieved by the order dated 2.6.2008 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Bhagalpur. The opposite party no. 2 is the aged mother of the petitioner. She knocked the door of the Court seeking maintenance from her son. It is the case of the mother that certain landed properties were purchased by her husband Sawarmal Khetan (since dead) which were got recorded in the name of the petitioner. The case of the mother is that after the death of her husband, the son and daughter-in-law started ill- treating and ill-behaving with her and refused to give even food and medicine. Ultimately, she was forced to leave the house on 24.2.2006. She is thus putting up in a rented house and has no earning. When she approached the higher police officers, then the son (petitioner) gave in writing that he shall pay a sum of Rs. 2 1,500/- per month to her mother which was also paid for some time and, thereafter stopped. These situations forced her to file the present proceeding. Learned court below allowed the parties to lead evidence and file documents. On a consideration of the materials on record, particularly, the documentary evidence, it has been found that the applicant mother is more than 70 years of age. She has now only one son against whom she made the claim for maintenance. Learned court also found that the son had a good business of selling of papers and books in main market of Bhagalpur town. The documents filed on behalf of the parties indicated that the son was putting up in a house and paying rent @ Rs. 2700/- apart from payment of tuition fee handsomely. It has also been found that the son has invested Rs. 2,55,000/- in purchasing land. Learned court below has also found that owing to her age, the applicant mother now requires medical assistance. In view of these facts appearing from the record, learned Court below has directed for payment of a sum of Rs. 2,500/- in addition to Rs. 1500/-. In all, a sum of Rs. 4,000/- per month has been directed to be paid from the date of filing of the case. This Court does not find any perversity and/or patent illegality in the consideration of the matter by learned Court below. A reasonable view based on evidence on record has been taken 3 There is no merit in this application. It is accordingly dismissed. pkj ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )