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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 1916 of 2024 Court No. - 89 HON'BLE MADAN PAL SINGH, J.
1. Heard Sri Kamlesh Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the revisionist, Shri Shivam Shukla, Advocate holding brief of Sri Sujan Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 as well as learned for the State.
2. This criminal revision under Section 397/401 Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the revisionist for enhancement of the maintenance amount awarded vide
judgment and order dated 28.02.2024 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Agra in Criminal Case No. 903 of 2022 (Smt. Preeti Sikarwar Vs. Pradeep Singh Pundir), under Section 125 Cr.P.C., whereby the trial court while allowing the instant application has directed the opposite party no.2 to pay Rs. 3,000/- per month to revisionist towards interim maintenance.
3. From the impugned order, it transpires that opposite party no.2 is working in Administration Department in District- Firozabad and getting salary of Rs. 9600/- per month. The interim maintenance allowance to the tune of Rs. 3000/- per month has been awarded by the trial court only on the basis of prima facie opinion by considering the above income of the revisionist. The application filed by the revisionist under Section 125 Cr.P.C. is pending
consideration before the court below for final adjudication and the same shall be decided after oral as well as documentary evidence have to be led. During the course of trial the parties will have ample opportunity to file their respective evidence before the trial court.
4. Keeping in view of the facts of the present case and in the considered opinion of this Court the impugned order does not suffer from any illegality or infirmity and calls for no interference by this Court.
5. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and upon Versus Counsel for Revisionist(s) : Gaurav Dwivedi, Kamlesh Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Sujan Singh Smt Preeti Sikarwar .....Revisionist(s) State of U.P. and Another .....Opposite Party(s)
prayer made by the learned counsel for the revisionist, the court below shall conclude and decide the application filed under Section 125 Cr.P.C. expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from the date of the production of a certified copy of this order.
6. The Criminal Revision 268 of 2024 is de-linked from the present criminal revision.
7. The present criminal revision is disposed of. October 10, 2025 Akbar CRLR No. 1916 of 2024 2 (Madan Pal Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AKBAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad