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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:131393 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 28061 of 2025 Applicant :- Rajesh Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Kamalesh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Kamlesh Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri B.N. Upadhyay, brief holder for the State are present. The present application under Section 528 of the B.N.S.S has been filed to quash the order dated 31.01.2025 passed by Principal Judge Family Court, Kushinagar in Execution of Maintenance Case No. 132 of 2021 arising out of an application under Section 128 of Cr.P.C. whereby the recovery warrant as well as non- bailable warrants has been issued to recover the arrears of maintenance amount against the applicant.
Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the impugned orders 31.01.2025 has been passed without considering the facts and circumstances and position of law as law laid down by the Supreme Court in Rajnesh Vs. Neha & Anr. (2021) 2 SCC 324, wherein it has been directed that the enforcement/execution of orders of maintenance, may be enforced under Section 28A of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956; Section 20(6) of the D.V. Act; and Section 128 of Cr.P.C., as may be applicable. The order of maintenance may be enforced as a money decree of a civil court as per the provisions of the C.P.C., more particularly Sections 51, 55, 58, 60 read with Order XXI of C.P.C. It is further submitted that the impugned order has been passed to enforce the recovery of arrears of maintenance by issuing recovery warrant as well as non-bailable warrant against the applicant or attachment without following the procedure as provided in the Civil Procedure Code. The matter is related to settled position of law. There is no other point for consideration except issuing recovery warrant as well as non-bailable warrants to recover the arrears of maintenance, due to this reason, the opportunity to call the counter affidavit from the
opposite party no. 2 is dispensed with. In view of the above facts and circumstances, the application is allowed and the order dated 31.01.2025 are hereby quashed. It is made clear that the court concerned shall proceed to enforce or recover the arrears of maintenance amount as money decree of a civil court as per provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.
Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Ishan Digitally signed by :- ISHAN JAISWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad