In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc.-M No.1371 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:16.1.2009 Varinder Bhatia .....Petitioner v. Seema and another .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Vinay Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. It is admitted case that the petitioner is married to respondent No.1. The parties had a son, namely, Shiva, out of the marriage amongst themselves. The wife and the minor son filed a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for the grant of maintenance. The learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Tarn Taran fixed interim maintenance @ Rs.1,000/- for each of the respondents. In revision petition the learned Additional Sessions Judge reduced the amount of maintenance from Rs.1,000/- to Rs.800/- per month from the date of application i.e. 1.4.2006. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has no means to maintain the respondents besides he is to look after his aged mother who is suffering from various ailments. After giving my thoughtful consideration to the matter, it may be noticed that the learned Additional Sessions Judge observed that it is admitted case of the petitioner that he is an able bodied person and is Cr. Misc.-M No.1371 of 2009 [2] running a vegetable cart (Rehri). According to his admission he earns Rs.50.00/60.00 per day. Accordingly, his income was assessed as Rs.2500/- per month. In this manner, the petitioner has been ordered to pay a sum of Rs.800/- per month to each of the respondents. The respondents are none others than the wife and son of the petitioner. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances the order awarding maintenance @ Rs.800/- per month for each of the respondents is not liable to be interfered with in exercise of the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. The fact that the petitioner has to also look after his mother would more appropriately be considered and gone into after evidence has been led in the case. At present only interim maintenance is granted. For the foregoing reasons, there is no merit in this petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. January 16, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*