p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLMC No. 4774 of 2024 Niharika Sahu …. Petitioner(s) Mr. N. Panda, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha and others …. Opposite Party (s) Mr. B. Nayak, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 22.01.2025 01. 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner is the applicant in CRLM Case No. 9 of 2023 moved by her under Section 125 Cr.P.C. seeking maintenance against opposite party no.2. The said petition was filed on 16.03.2023. 3. Mr. Panda, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that despite the fact that the said application was filed since March, 2023, the said application is not proceeding at an expected pace as a result of which the petitioner is suffering as she is not getting even p. 2 minimum maintenance. The application under Section 125 Cr.P.C. needs to be disposed of as expeditiously as possible to take care of the distressed wife. However, the present case is pending since more than one year even without any direction for interim maintenance. Hence, he approached this Court. 4. Regard being had to the aforementioned, the petition is allowed. The learned JMFC, Sinapali is directed to do well to see that the proceeding initiated by the petitioner under Section 125 Cr.P.C. is disposed of as expeditiously as possible. 5. With the aforesaid observation, the CRLMC is disposed of. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Ashok MOHAPATRA