Crl. Misc. No. M-23095 of 2011 (O & M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-23095 of 2011 (O & M) DATE OF DECISION: August 18, 2011 Baljit Singh .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Mrs. Raj Kumari and another ........ RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Sushil Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. was awarded by Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Kurukshetra vide order dated 10.07.2010 to the tune of ` 1,000 p.m. to respondent no. 1 and ` 1,000 to respondent no. 2. The respondents carried a revision. Vide order dated 06.06.2011, Additional Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, the revisional Court, has enhanced the amount to ` 3,000 per person viz. ` 3,000 for the wife and ` 3,000 to maintain the son. The maintenance thus awarded is interim. In this petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., it has been pleaded that maintenance has been awarded from the date of filing of application i.e. since December 2008. The salary of the petitioner in 2008 was much less. I have considered the contention of the learned counsel. The petitioner is working as Goods Guard in Northern Railway. Perusal of order passed by Magistrate shows that as per salary bill dated 08.01.2009, salary of the petitioner was ` 16,850. Subsequently, it has increased. In such circumstances, I find the award of maintenance under Crl. Misc. No. M-23095 of 2011 (O & M) 2 Section 125 Cr.P.C. to be reasonable. This is particularly so because an employee in railways is also entitled to certain perks such as a house etc. Considering the price index and the facts and circumstances of the case, no ground for interference in this petition is made out. Petition dismissed. 18.08.2011 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE