HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1320 OF 2008 AND CRIMINAL R.C.M.P. No.1232 OF 2010 IN CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1320 OF 2008 COMMON JUDGMENT: This Criminal Revision Case is filed by the petitioner Tiyyagura Hanimireddy – husband against the judgment dated 08-08-2008 in Maintenance Case No.91 of 2008 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Guntur granting maintenance at Rs.3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) per month to respondent No.1 – wife of the petitioner. 2. Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1232 of 2010 is also filed by both the parties seeking permission of the Court to settle the Maintenance Case out of Court. 3. T h e de facto complainant Smt. Tiyyagura Gowthami – respondent No.1 herein, and the petitioner are present and on being questioned, the de facto complainant reports that the matter has been compromised between them out of Court and the petitioner agreed to pay a sum of Rs.7,00,000/- (Rupees seven lakhs only) to her towards permanent alimony, as such, they may be permitted to settle the Maintenance Case out of Court. 4. In proof of her identification, the de facto complainant produced her original Identity Card bearing No.NDX0558429 issued by the Election Commission of India, which contains her photograph, and it shows her father’s name as Satyanarayana Reddy, residential address as 3-29-14, Krishna Nagar, Guntur, Guntur (Mandal), Guntur District. Thus, there is no dispute about the identity of the de facto complainant. Petitioner is identified by his counsel. 5. The Demand Draft for Rs.7,00,000/- (Rupees seven lakhs only) bearing No.933818 dated 17-04-2010 is handed over to the de facto complainant by the petitioner. Hence, the petitioner need not pay the monthly maintenance, awarded by the Court below. 6. In the circumstances, particularly in view of the fact that the matter pertains to maintenance of wife and they have amicably settled the matter between them out of Court, the settlement can be accepted. 7. Accordingly, the parties are permitted to settle the Maintenance Case out of Court and Criminal R.C.M.P. No.1232 of 2010 is allowed. 8. Consequently, the Criminal Revision Case is closed and the judgment dated 08-08-2008 in Maintenance Case No.91 of 2008 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Guntur is set aside, in view of the compromise and payment of Rs.7,00,000/- towards permanent alimony to the wife by the petitioner-husband. The wife shall not be entitled for any maintenance in future. ____________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J April 23, 2010. KTL