IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.232 OF 2010 Between: Mohd. Isaac … PETITIONER And 1. Athiya 2. Irshad 3. The State of A.P. … RESPONDENTS This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.232 OF 2010 ORDER: 1. The petitioner is husband of the first respondent and father of the minor second respondent. He is questioning order dated 22.12.2009, passed by the Additional Judicial Magistrate of the I Class, Jangoan, in Crl.M.P.No.662 of 2008 in M.C.No.13 of 2008, granting interim maintenance of Rs.800/- per month to the wife and Rs.400/- per month to the minor child. 2. There is no dispute about relationship between the parties. Both the parties are admittedly living separately. According to the first respondent, the petitioner demanded for additional dowry and she was necked out of the family house. According to the respondents 1 and 2, they are unable to maintain themselves and the petitioner is getting salary of Rs.8,000/- per month and is indulging in real estate business earning Rs.2,00,000/- to Rs.4,00,000/- per year. 3. On the other hand, the petitioner contended that the first respondent had voluntarily left his company and that therefore, he is not entitled for maintenance. According to the petitioner, he is drawing salary of Rs.4,500/- per month in a private company. The petitioner did not furnish any certificate to show his salary. Assuming for a moment for the sake of argument that there is divorce between the petitioner and the first respondent, even then, liability of the petitioner to maintain his wife does not cease in case she remained unmarried. The amounts of maintenance granted by the lower Court are mere pittance. I do not find any infirmity in the order passed by the lower Court. 4. Hence, the criminal revision petition is dismissed. ______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J August 10, 2010 KL HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.232 OF 2010 August 10, 2010 KL