IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.176 of 2007 SUNIL KUMAR Versus SANGITA DEVI & ANR ----------- 2 18.8.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner. In the opinion of this Court, an amount of Rs. 800/- per month by way of maintenance and Rs. 5,000/- by way of cost of litigation in purported exercise of power under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, cannot be said to be either excessive or illegal. Counsel for the petitioner at this stage would submit that he is prepared to keep his wife, the opposite party, and therefore, the Court below may be directed to make a fresh effort for amicable settlement so that the opposite party may return back to the house of the petitioner. The scope of this application being confined only to the grant and quantum of the amount of maintenance, nothing will preclude the petitioner to make such a prayer before the Court below which is even otherwise expected to make an effort for settlement. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this civil revision application is hereby dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)