IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE NINETTENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.185 OF 2010 Between: Habeed Abdul Raheem Al hamed … PETITIONER And State of Andhra Pradesh and others … RESPONDENTS This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.185 OF 2010 ORDER: 1. The petitioner is father of the respondent Nos.2 to 4/minor children. There is no dispute about paternity. Mother of the respondent Nos.2 to 4 was divorced by the petitioner. Admittedly the respondent Nos.2 to 4, who are minors, are not living with the petitioner and are not being maintained by the petitioner. According to the petitioner, previously he was working as Manager in a private company in Saudi Arabia and was earning 5,000/- Riyals per month and that because of recession in global market, he lost his job and came away to India four years ago and he is without any job. In the lower Court, no evidence was let in by the parties much less by the petitioner herein. It is duty of the petitioner to maintain the respondent Nos.2 to 4, who are his minor children. The lower Court awarded amount of Rs.3,500/- per month to each of them and it works out at Rs.116/- per day. No evidence is let in by the petitioner in the lower Court to show that he lost his job and that he is not doing any work as on today. According to the respondents, he is getting Rs.1,00,000/- per month as his salary. Having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the lower Court rightly awarded maintenance of Rs.3,500/- per month to each of the respondent Nos.2 to 4 from the petitioner. I see no infirmity in the order passed by the lower Court. 2. Hence, the revision petition is dismissed. ___________________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J July 19, 2010 MD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL REVISION CASE No.185 OF 2010 July 19, 2010