HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO.1506 OF 2009 DATE: 02.07.2010 Between: Khaiser Bin Jaffer Bayameen …… Petitioner. And: Khulood A1 Mawa and another …..Respondents HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO.1506 OF 2009 ORDER: 1. This revision case is filed by father against order dated 07.08.2009 passed by the Judge, Additional Family Court, Hyderabad in M.C.No.109 of 2007 granting maintenance of Rs.1,250/- to the 1st respondent/minor child from the date of petition under Section 125 Cr.P.C. 2. The only contention urged by the petitioner’s counsel herein is with regard to quantum of maintenance. He placed reliance on Ex.R-1 copy of judgment in O.S.No.243 of 2000 of the Judge, Family Court, Hyderabad granting maintenance of Rs.500/- each to the petitioner’s wife and two minor daughters per month on civil side. The petitioner’s counsel contended that the lower court should have granted the same amount of maintenance to the 1st respondent. According to the petitioner, he is running a fair-price shop. The 1st respondent’s counsel contended that the petitioner apart from having fair-price shop, is having three house properties also and he is deriving rents therefrom. This Court is of the opinion that amount of maintenance granted in Ex.R-1 judgment cannot be taken into consideration herein because the said quantum of maintenance was fixed as on the year 2000. The said judgment was rendered in the year 2001. The same rate of maintenance cannot be maintained in the present proceedings also after a period of seven years. Maintenance case in the lower court was filed in the year 2007 and it was disposed of by the lower court in the year 2009. Rates of articles have gone up more than two times between the years 2000 and 2007 and also between the years 2001 and 2009. There is no allegation that the petitioner has no means to pay maintenance. The allegation is that amount of maintenance granted is excessive. Having regard to income of the petitioner from fair-price shop and house properties and having regard to requirements of the minor child in these days of inflation, this Court is of the opinion that amount of maintenance granted by the lower court at Rs.1,250/- per month is just and appropriate. I see no reason to interfere with order passed by the lower court. 3. Hence, the revision petition is dismissed. __________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU,J. Date:02.07.2010. Gk. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO.1506 OF 2009 Date:02.07.2010 Gk.