IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.2380 of 2007 NISHANT RANJAN PRASAD Versus KUMKUM DEVI ----------- 2 5/9/2008 No one appears for the petitioner. This Court would not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order granting maintenance under section 24 of the Hindu Marriages Act, which enjoins upon him to pay ad-interim maintenance of Rs. 2,500/- by way of maintenance pendent-elite and Rs. 5,000/- by way of expenses for the proceeding which has been brought by the petitioner against his wife. That being so, this application being devoid of any merit, is dismissed. ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J. ) Abhay Kumar