THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU Crl.R.C.No.869 of 2010 ORDER: This Revision Petition is filed by husband of the first respondent and father of minor respondents 2 and 3 against order dated 20.01.2010 passed by the Additional Family Court, Hyderabad in M.C.No.84 of 2009, by which the lower Court granted maintenance of Rs.1,000/- to the wife and Rs.500/- each to minor children, totaling Rs.2,000/- per month. Admittedly the petitioner and the respondents 1 to 3 are living separately. The respondents 2 and 3 who are minor children are with the first respondent who is their mother. According to the petitioner, he was not at fault for the separation and so he is not liable to pay maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. to the respondents 1 to 3. On the other hand, the first respondent contends that the petitioner deserted her and her children and he is not maintaining them. During enquiry of the petition in the lower Court, the first respondent examined herself as P.W-1 and petitioner examined himself as R.W-1. No other oral evidence was let in by both the parties. Even though it was alleged that there was some mediation between the parties, none of the parties examined the mediators. In the absence of any independent evidence and having regard to evidence of P.W-1 and R.W-1, the lower Court rightly came to the conclusion that the petitioner deserted the respondents 1 to 3 and left them to their fate. Insofar as income of the petitioner is concerned, he claims to be a daily wage earner and gets a total sum of Rs.2,000/- per month. Even an unskilled male labourer, in these days, one gets more than Rs.200/- per day. So, the petitioner’s version of his income cannot be believed. The lower Court fixed maintenance amount payable by the petitioner to the respondents 1 to 3 at the barest minimum; and this Court does not find any valid or legal reasons to disturb quantum of maintenance awarded to the respondents 1 to 3 by the lower Court. I find no merits in this Revision Petition. Accordingly, the Revision Petition is dismissed. ______________________________________ JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU 22nd June 2010 dr