IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.2057 of 2008 ANJAN PRASAD Versus BABUNTI DEVI ----------- 2 10/12/2008 Heard counsel for the petitioner. In the opinion of this Court an amount of Rs.700/- per month by way of maintenance can neither be said to be either excessive or illegal. The plea of the petitioner that his wife who is to receive Rs.700/- is mentally retarded person would itself go to show that the wife opposite party is ill and is in dire need of the monetary help of her husband, the petitioner of this case. The court below having found that there is no denial of relationship of husband and wife between them, has passed a reasoned order holding the petitioner liable to pay the amount of monthly maintenance and the same cannot be held to be either perverse or without jurisdiction. That being so, this application is wholly misconceived and is accordingly dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar