THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.375 of 2011 JUDGMENT: The first petitioner is the husband and the second petitioner is the mother-in-law of the second respondent and they question the judgment, dated 29.10.2010, passed in Criminal Appeal No.144 of 2009, whereby the learned IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool, while allowing the said appeal and remanding the matter to the trial Court for fresh disposal on merits, awarded interim maintenance to the second respondent herein at the rate of Rs.3,000/- per month. The brief facts are that the second respondent herein-wife filed D.V.C.No.28 of 2008 before the Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Kurnool, complaining domestic violence. On service of notice, the petitioners herein have put in their appearance before the Magistrate, but, as they failed to file the counter despite the fact that they were granted sufficient time, the Court below set them ex parte, heard the wife and allowed the said D.V.C. by granting maintenance at the rate of Rs.6,000/- per month and also ordered the respondents therein to pay compensation of Rs.50,000/- under Section 22 of the Domestic Violence Act to the second respondent herein. The same was questioned by the petitioners herein by filing Criminal Appeal No.144 of 2009 before the IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Kurnool and the said appeal was allowed as stated supra. The same is questioned in this Criminal Revision Case. Heard both sides. Now that the said amount of Rs.3,000/- awarded by the lower appellate Court is only towards interim maintenance and the main D.V.C. is yet to be decided by the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kurnool, this Court is of the view that this Revision can be disposed of by directing the petitioners to pay maintenance to the second respondent at the rate of Rs.2,500/- per month during the pendency of the said D.V.C. So far as the arrears are concerned, the same shall be paid by the petitioners to the second respondent calculating at the rate of Rs.2,500/- per month within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and the petitioners are further directed to pay maintenance to the second respondent at the rate of Rs.2,500/- every month on or before 10th of every succeeding month during the pendency of the said D.V.C. The trial Court is directed to dispose of the said D.V.C. as early as possible, preferably within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above directions, the Criminal Revision Case is disposed of. ___________________________________ JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA 06th April 2011 DR