Criminal Misc. No. M-31717 of 2009 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-31717 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision:11.11.2009 Jagmeet Singh .. Petitioner v. Gurdarshan Kaur and another .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present: Mr. Sushil Jain, Advocate for the petitioner. .. Rajesh Bindal J. Challenge in the present petition is to the order dated 28.10.2009, passed by the learned court below, whereby on an application filed by the respondents under Section 125 Cr.P.C., maintenance of Rs. 5,000/- per month has been fixed by the court for the wife as well as the minor daughter. Though the petitioner claimed that he is working as labourer on a steel fabrication shop and earning merely Rs. 3,600/- per month and it is not possible for him to pay maintenance of Rs. 5,000/- per month to the respondents, however, at the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner did not dispute the fact, as noticed by the learned court below in the impugned order, that father of the petitioner is working in Saudi Arabia and his younger brother is studying in Australia, which necessarily means that financial position of the family is well-off and the claim of the petitioner that he is merely working as a labourer on a tea fabrication shop cannot, prima facie, be accepted. Considering the above facts, I do not find any merit in the present petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed. (Rajesh Bindal) Judge 11.11.2009 mk