HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALAKRISHNA TAMADA CRL.R.C.No.2222 of 2010 ORDER: This Criminal Revision Case is directed against the order passed in M.C.No.103 of 2009 dated 30.09.2010 on the file of the Court of Judge, Family Court-cum-Additional District Judge, Guntur. The 1st respondent herein married the petitioner herein on 09.05.2007 and at the time of marriage the parents of the 1st respondent gave an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- towards dowry and gold ornaments weighing 15 sovereigns to the petitioner herein and that after the marriage, the petitioner, his mother and sisters started ill-treating and harassing the 1st respondent for additional dowry and subsequently they necked her out from the matrimonial home. Since the 1st respondent is unable to maintain herself, she filed the aforesaid M.C.No.103 of 2009 seeking maintenance at the rate of Rs.15,000/- per month from the petitioner herein, who is working as Software Engineer. The trial Court, having considered the entire evidence available on record, awarded monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs.2,500/- to the 1st respondent-wife herein from the date of the order. Questioning the said order, the petitioner herein preferred the present revision. Heard both sides and perused the impugned order. The trial Court, on a consideration of the entire material available on record, held that the petitioner-husband has deserted and neglected the 1st respondent-wife even though he has got sufficient means to maintain her and accordingly granted monthly maintenance at the rate of Rs.2,500/- to the 1st respondent-wife herein. In these hard days, even the said amount of maintenance is not sufficient to meet both ends. The trial Court was justified in awarding the said amount. I do not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order of the trial Court. However, as it is stated by the learned Counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is an un-employee and is depending on his mother for his maintenance, the amount of maintenance of Rs.2,500/- as awarded by the trial Court is reduced to Rs.1,750/- on the same terms and conditions imposed by the trial Court. Accordingly, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. _______________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J) 21.03.2011 Gsn.