THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA CRIMINAL REVISION CASE NO.1398 OF 2010 ORDER: 1 The respondents who are none other than the wife and children are the petitioners herein. They filed M.C.No.18 of 2009 before the court below under section 125 of Cr.P.C. claiming maintenance at the rate of Rs.3,000/- each per month totalling to Rs.9,000/- In the said M.C. they filed Crl.M.P.No.158 of 2009 seeking interim maintenance. The trial court having considered the status and other circumstances of the parties, awarded interim maintenance at the rate of Rs.1,500/- p.m. to the wife i.e. 1st respondent and Rs.1,000/- p.m. to each of the children i.e. respondents 2 & 3. The same is questioned in this revision. 2 The counsel for the petitioner fairly conceded that he has no objection so far as the maintenance awarded to the children is concerned. But his grievance is that the wife who is arrayed as first respondent herein is working as teacher and she is having sufficient means and as such there is no need to pay any maintenance to her. However, the same is disputed by the counsel for the first respondent stating that the husband beat her on account of which the spinal card of the wife was broken and that she is undergoing treatment. Further, according to him, the husband / petitioner is drawing a gross salary of Rs.11,200/- p.m. 3 Apparently, it is only an order of interim maintenance that was awarded and it is for the trial court to decide the main M.C.No.18 of 2009 and award maintenance. As the petitioner has no grievance to pay the said interim maintenance to the children the same, at the rate of Rs.1,000/- p.m. to each of them, is upheld. So far as the amount of interim maintenance of Rs.1,500/- awarded to the wife is concerned, the same is reduced to Rs.750/- p.m. 4 With the above modification this revision is disposed of. _____________ 9th March 2011 Kvsn