IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1462 OF 2010 Between: Shri B. Lakshmi Narayana Reddy … PETITIONER And 1. Smt. Laxmi Jayaprada Devi 2. Master B.N. Sagar Reddy 3. The State of A.P. … RESPONDENTS AND CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.1464 OF 2010 Between: Shri B. Lakshmi Narayana Reddy … PETITIONER And 1. Smt. Laxmi Jayaprada Devi 2. Master B. Prashanth Sagar Reddy 3. Master B. Nisanth Sagar Reddy 4. The State of A.P. … RESPONDENTS This Court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.1462 & 1464 OF 2010 COMMON ORDER: 1. The only contention urged by the petitioner’s counsel in these two revision petitions is that he has been paying total fees including tuition fees and residential fees for the minor sons amounting to about Rs.25,000/- per year to each of them and that therefore, he is not prepared to pay any more maintenance amount as per award in M.C.No.33 of 2005. When the award in M.C.No.33 of 2005 is subsisting and is not varied or altered under Section 127 Cr.P.C., the petitioner is bound to pay maintenance amounts awarded to the minor children. The alleged payment of fees to the minor sons is no valid defence for non-payment of maintenance awarded in M.C.No.33 of 2005. 2. Having regard to the circumstances pleaded by the petitioner, it is open to him to approach the lower Court with petition under Section 127 Cr.P.C. for alteration of order of maintenance. Until the order is altered, the petitioner is bound to pay maintenance as per the original award in M.C.No.33 of 2005. 3. In the result, the criminal revision petitions are dismissed. ______________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J August 25, 2010 KL HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE Nos.1462 & 1464 OF 2010 August 25, 2010 KL