Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134487 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 29079 of 2025 Applicant :- Darshan Singh Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Amitabh Patel Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Amitabh Patel, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Abhishek Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State are present. The present application u/s 528 of BNSS of 2023 has been filed with prayer to quash the order dated 27.02.2024 passed by Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Court No. 2, Agra in execution of Maintenance Case No. 1744 of 2023 (Smt. Sonia and another vs. Darshan Singh), under Section 125 Cr.P.C., whereby recovery warrant has been issued against the applicant to recover the arrears of maintenance. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the impugned order has been passed without considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the 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 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 against the applicant 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 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 above facts and circumstances, the application is allowed and the order dated 27.02.2024 is quashed. It is made clear that the court concerned may 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 as law laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Rajnesh (supra). Order Date :- 8.8.2025 MAA/- Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD AZAD ANSARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad