IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc. Case No. 435 of 2011 Smt. Sangeeta W/o Indra Pal D/o Sri Laxmi Narayan Sharma Presently R/o H-No. 45, Type-3 Sector-2, BHEL, P.S. Ranipur, District Haridwar. ….…..Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through Secretary Home, Civil Secretariat Dehradun. 2. Sri Indra Pal Singh S/o Sri Gurudev Singh R/o M-8B, Shivlok Colony, P.S. Kotwali Ranipur, District Haridwar. ……Respondent Mr. Bhuvnesh Joshi, Advocate, present for the petitioner. Mrs. Mamta Bisht, A.G.A., present for the State. Mr. Pankaj Miglani, Advocate, present for the respondent No.2. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this petition, moved under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has sought direction against the order dated 23.04.2011, passed by the Judge Family Court, Haridwar in case no. 130 of 2010, Smt. Sangeeta Vs. Indrapal Singh, whereby said court has directed the respondent No.2 to pay interim maintenance @ ` 1500/- per month to his wife (present petitioner). 2 3) Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that it is mockery of justice to award ` 1500/- per month as an interim maintenance, where admitted carry home salary of the respondent No.2 Indrapal Singh (husband) is ` 12,371/- per month. 4) Having considered submissions of learned counsel for the parties and after going through the impugned order passed by the trial court, the petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. is disposed of, with the direction that respondent No.2 (husband) shall pay ` 2,500/- per month as an interim maintenance to his wife Smt. Sangeeta (present petitioner) during the pendency of case No. 130 of 2010, pending in the court of Judge Family Court, Haridwar, under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. The modification is made in the impugned order w.e.f. May, 2011, till the disposal of the case before the trial court, without prejudice to the rights of the parties (Urgency application No. 3481 of 2011, also stand disposed of). (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 19.09.2011 JM