THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3001 OF 2010 ORDER: This Civil Revision Petition, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, is directed against the order dated 06-04-2010, in I.A.No.198 of 2010 in O.P.No.760 of 2009, on the file of the Judge, Additional Family Court, Visakhapatnam, whereunder and whereby, the petition, filed under Section 125 (1) (d) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (for short, “Cr.P.C.”) to grant interim maintenance at Rs.5,000/- per month to the respondent herein, was allowed. 2. Heard. 3. Petitioner herein is the husband of the respondent herein. Respondent herein filed the Original Petition, under Section 125 Cr.P.C., for grant of maintenance against the petitioner herein. In the said Original Petition, the present petition is filed for grant of interim maintenance. The trial Court, upon considering the evidence on record, vide the impugned order, granted interim maintenance to the respondent herein at Rs.5,000/- per month from the date of filing of the petition. 4. Granting of maintenance to the wife is to prevent vagrancy and destitution. It is the case of the respondent herein that she is necked out by the petitioner herein from the matrimonial house; that she is living with her parents depending upon them; that she is not having any other source of income to maintain herself; that the petitioner herein is getting Rs.20,000/- per month towards salary and he is also getting Rs.15,000/- per month towards rents from immovable properties. The said aspects were denied by the petitioner herein. However, admittedly the petitioner herein is working as a Police Constable for the last ten years. Therefore, he would be getting not less than Rs.12,000/- per month towards salary after deductions. Such is the case, one-third of the income of the husband can reasonably be granted to the wife towards interim maintenance. If that is taken into consideration, granting an amount of Rs.4,000/- per month to the respondent herein towards interim maintenance is just and reasonable. Hence, the order of the trial Court is modified by reducing the interim maintenance granted to the respondent herein from Rs.5,000/- per month to Rs.4,000/- per month. 5. Accordingly, the Civil Revision Petition is partly allowed to the extent indicated above. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ K.C. BHANU, J March 18, 2011 MD/SP IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3001 OF 2010 Between: Sandaki Ravi Sankar .....PETITIONER AND Smt. Sandaki Sai Sri ....RESPONDENT The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C. BHANU CIVIL REVISION PETITION No.3001 OF 2010 March 18, 2011