THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1574 OF 2010 JUDGMENT: The second respondent herein who is the wife of the petitioner herein approached the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District at L.B.Nagar, Hyderabad and filed M.C.No.80 of 2009 under Section 125 Cr.P.C. claiming maintenance at the rate of Rs.10,000/- per month. During the pendency of the said M.C., as she was unable to maintain herself, she also filed an application being Crl.M.P.No.149 of 2009 for grant of interim maintenance. The Judge, Family Court having considered the status of both the parties by his order, dated 31.03.2010, awarded interim maintenance of Rs.3,000/- per month. The learned Judge, Family Court further directed that the arrears of maintenance as on that day shall also be paid within a period of one month from the date of the said order. The said order is questioned by the husband by filing this Revision. When this matter was taken up for hearing, this Court while ordering notice before admission suspended the said impugned order, however, on a condition that the petitioner shall pay the arrears of maintenance calculated at the rate of Rs.2,000/- per month and continues to pay the same at the rate of Rs.2,000/- per month. On notice, the wife appeared through her counsel Sri Prabhu Dasu Tenneti. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the second respondent. According to the learned counsel for he petitioner, the arrears of maintenance are working out to Rs.36,000/-, and an amount of Rs.20,000/- was already paid and the petitioner is making efforts to pay the balance amount of Rs.16,000/-. Having considered the said submissions on either side and also taking the fact that the M.C. is still pending, this Court is of the view that the said amount of interim maintenance of Rs.3,000/- may be reduced to Rs.2,000/- during the pendency of the main M.C. The balance amount shall be deposited within a period of four weeks and he shall continue to deposit the maintenance amount at the rate of Rs.2,000/- during the pendency of the said M.C. before the Family Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is allowed in part. __________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 26th October 2010 dr