APHC010399472024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3457] THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE HARINATH.N CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 6505/2024 Between: Andhavarapu Venkata Sudarsana Rao, ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S) Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: 1. NAGA PRAVEEN VANKAYALAPATI Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. T V SRI DEVI 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following Order: The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that he is aggrieved by the order passed in Criminal Revision Petition No. 04 of 2021, whereby the learned Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram, while considering the challenge to the order passed in M.C. No. 3 of 2017 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Cheepurupalli, had granted maintenance of Rs. 15,000/- to the 2nd respondent and Rs. 10,000/- per month to the 3rd respondent. The learned Sessions Judge, in the revisional order, after 2 considering the submissions of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, reduced the maintenance to Rs. 12,000/- and Rs. 8,000/- respectively from the date of the petition. 2. It is submitted that the learned Sessions Judge has not considered the submissions with regard to the property which is already in the name of the 2nd respondent and that it was sufficient for maintaining herself along with the 3rd respondent. 3. The learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos. 2 and 3 submits that the petitioner is working as an Assistant Finance Manager in a multinational bank. It is submitted that the petitioner abandoned respondent Nos. 2 and 3 after the birth of the 3rd respondent. It is also submitted that the amount awarded to respondent Nos. 2 and 3 would not meet their complete requirements, considering the escalated cost of living. 4. Considering the submissions, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the well-considered order of the learned Sessions Judge, Vizianagaram, in Crl.P. No. 4 of 2021. It is made clear that the petitioner shall deposit all the arrears due and payable to respondent Nos. 2 and 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner would require some time to pay the amount as directed by the learned Sessions Judge. The petitioner is hereby directed to deposit 50% of the total arrears within a period of six (06) weeks from the date of receipt of this order, and the balance amount shall be paid within a further period of four (04) weeks thereafter. 3 5. With these observations, this Criminal Petition is disposed off. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE HARINATH.N 27.03.2025 PNS