IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.M-14032 of 2008 Date of decision : 28.7.2008 Avtar Singh … Petitioners Versus Daljit Kaur and another …Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present : Mr.N.K.Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. RAJESH BINDAL J. The challenge in the present petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is to the orders dated 7.1.2008 and 30.4.2008 passed by the Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Moga and Additional Sessions Judge, Moga, respectively, in a petition filed by the respondents against the petitioner under Section 125 Cr.P.C. Briefly, the facts are that the marriage of petitioner was solemnized with respondent No.1 on 28.11.2004. A female child was borne out of this wedlock who is impleaded as respondent No.2 in the petition. Since July, 2006, the respondents are living separately on account of alleged harassment and demand of dowry by the petitioner and his family members. The petitioner is in the business of iron gates and grills and as per allegations made in the complaint, he is earning Rs. 25,000/- per month. Keeping in view the above earning, the learned Magistrate vide interim order dated 7.1.2008 directed the petitioner to pay interim maintenance of Rs. 2000/- per month and Rs. 1000/- per month to respondents No.1 and 2 respectively. Aggrieved against the order dated 7.1.2008, the petitioner preferred revision petition before learned Additional Sessions Judge, Moga, who accepting the same and reduced the amount of maintenance payable to Criminal Misc.No.M-14032 of 2008 [2] respondent No.1 from Rs. 2000/- to Rs. 1000/- per month. However, maintenance awarded to respondent No.2 was maintained at Rs. 1000/- per month from the date of application till the final disposal thereof. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to point out any material on record to show that the interim maintenance fixed by the court below is in any way on higher side or arbitrary, keeping in view high cost of living now a days. I find no merit in the present petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. [Rajesh Bindal] Judge 28.07.2008 sd