Criminal Revision No.2469 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Revision No.2469 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 05.08.2011. Jeeto Bai ..Petitioner Versus Satnam Singh ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH Present: Mr. J.S. Mehndiratta, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sandeep Jesuja, Advocate, for the respondent. NAWAB SINGH, J. (ORAL) Jeeto Bai-petitioner (wife) and her son-Karamjit Singh filed application under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short 'Code') (Annexure P-4) in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Ferozepur. Judicial Magistrate by order dated April 24th, 2009 allowed interim maintenance allowance to the petitioner and her son at the rate of `500/- and `250/- per month, respectively. Aggrieved of the order, Satnam Singh (husband) filed revision before the Sessions Judge, Ferozepur, who accepted the revision partly and did not allow the interim maintenance to the petitioner-wife on the short ground that respondent-husband is a labourer, eight children were born out of the wedlock and seven are residing with him. Against the said order, wife has filed the present petition. Interim maintenance allowance was granted to the petitioner during the pendency of the application under Section 125 of the Code. The amount awarded was only `500/- per month. In these days of inflation, `500/- is hardly sufficient to keep the soul and Criminal Revision No.2469 of 2009 (O&M) 2 body together. The amount is not on higher side. Otherwise too, application under Section 125 of the Code is yet to be disposed of. For that, parties shall be given opportunities to lead evidence in support of their respective cases. It is not a stage to evaluate the evidence of the parties thread-barely as the trial Magistrate has only allowed the interim maintenance to the wife and son. For the reasons aforesaid, revision petition is accepted. Order under challenge is set aside. However, it is made clear that the observations made herein shall not be taken into consideration by the trial Magistrate at the time of deciding the application under Section 125 Cr.P.C. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE 05.08.2011 neetu