Criminal Misc. No. M- 6736 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M- 6736 of 2011 Date of decision:- 24.3.2011 Harjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus Gurwinder Kaur and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present:- Mr. Gurinderjit Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. RITU BAHRI J. The challenge in this petition is to the order dated 20.12.2010 whereby interim maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. has been fixed @ Rs.3000/- per month for the wife and Rs.2000/- per month for the child, is excessive and needs to be modified. Mr. Gurinderjit Singh, Advocate, counsel for the petitioner has argued that even if the petitioner owns 18 Kanals and 15-½ Marlas of land, the annual income assessed by the Court Rs.50,000/- is highly excessive. The petitioner alleges that he earns around Rs.8000/- to Rs.10,000/- per month. He is running a small tent business in the village, which is running into losses. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the impugned order, which requires no interference as the petitioner has not led any evidence to prove that his income from agricultural land is Rs.8000/- to Rs.10,000/- per month. The tent house business has not been closed by the petitioner and is still running. The petitioner has no other liability. On the other hand, his wife (respondent No.1) has not earning anything and the minor child is Criminal Misc. No. M- 6736 of 2011 -2- dependent upon her for maintenance. There are no grounds to interfere in the impugned order dated 20.12.2010 (Annexure P-4) and the criminal miscellaneous petition is hereby dismissed. 24.3.2011 ( RITU BAHRI ) Vijay Asija JUDGE