$~71 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 389/2026 SH ANIL KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Pallavi Vashist, Adv. (through VC) versus SMT CHARU .....Respondent Through: None CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 23.07.2026 CRL.M.A. 21473/2026 (for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. CRL.M.A. 21474/2026 (for condonation of delay 38 days) 3. By virtue of the present application, the petitioner seeks condonation of delay of 38 days in filing the present petition. 4. For the reasons stated in the present application, the same is allowed and the delay of 38 days in filing the present petition is condoned. 5. Accordingly, the present application is disposed of. CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 389/2026, CRL.M.A. 21475/2026 (Stay), CRL.M.A. 21476/2026 (For summoning the Trial Court record) 6. By virtue of the present application under Section 438/442 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the petitioner seeks setting aside of the impugned order dated 09.03.2026, passed by the learned Judge, Family Court-I, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Court, Delhi (learned Trial Court) in MT No.140/2025. 7. Drawing the attention of this Court to paragraph no.2 of the impugned order passed in an application moved by the respondent herein/ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 28/07/2026 at 11:20:25 wife under Section 144 BNSS, learned counsel for petitioner submits that it is an admitted fact that of the two children born out of wedlock, Dhruv is in the custody of respondent herein/ mother and Harsh is in the custody of petitioner herein/ father. 8. She submits that the learned Trial Court, even after recording the same in the impugned order, has wrongly directed the petitioner herein to pay an interim maintenance of Rs.24,000/- per month to the respondent herein on 10th day of each succeeding calendar month as well as to both the minor sons from the date of filing of the interim application and during the pendency of MT No.140/2025. 9. Considering the same, the interim maintenance of Rs.24,000/- per month as awarded by the learned Trial Court vide the impugned order dated 09.03.2026, is reduced to Rs.17,000/- per month. 10. Further, at this stage learned counsel for petitioner seeks to rely upon few documents filed with the present petition, which reflect that the petitioner is also suffering from certain medical condition(s). However, since they were admittedly never brought to the notice of the learned Trial Court, learned counsel for petitioner seeks, and is granted, leave to withdraw the present application and file an appropriate application to pursue the remedies qua them in accordance with law before the learned Trial Court. 11. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of, with the aforesaid directions. SAURABH BANERJEE, J. JULY 23, 2026/bh This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 28/07/2026 at 11:20:25