APHC010494902023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3521] THURSDAY,THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7665/2023 Between: INJE VENKATA RAMANA, S/O. LATE SWAMY, AGE 45 YEARS, OCC- PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, R/O.D.NO.4-89/ 1, INDIRA COLONY, SARIPALLI, UPPATAGUPTHAM MANDAL, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DIST, A.P. ...PETITIONER/ACCUSED AND 1. THE STATE OF ANDHRAPRADESH, REP BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF AP, AMARAVATI. 2. INJE VEDANARAYANAMMA, W/O. INJE VENKATARAMANA, D/O.LATE KARRIEEDI GAVARAYYA, AGE- 30 YEARS, OCE- HOUSE WIFE, R/O. D.NO.5-838, ABBIREDDY COLONY, AMALAPURAM, AMALAPURAM MANDAL, DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DIST, A.P. 3. INJE SRI SUJAN, D/O. VENKATARAMANA, AGE-5 YEARS, C/OVEDANARAYANAMRNA, R/O.5-838, ABBIDREDDY COLONY, AMALAPURAM, AMALAPURAM MANDAL, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DIST, A.P. (3RD RESPONDENT BEING MINOR REP BY HER MOTHER GUARDIAN RESPONDENT NO.2 HEREIN) ...RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT(S): Counsel for the Petitioner/accused: A S NARAYANA 2 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7665 of 2023 Dated 19.02.2026 Counsel for the Respondent/complainant(S): 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2. G SIMHADRI The Court made the following: ORDER: No representation for the petitioner. 2. Heard the learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 and 3. On an earlier occasion, this Court heard the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor. 3. A learned Single Judge of this Court, by order dated 06.10.2025 in Criminal Petition No.7665 of 2023, directed the petitioner/husband to pay 50% of the arrears of maintenance within a period of six weeks. The learned counsel for respondent No.2/wife submits that the said direction has not been complied with and that no arrears have been paid. I.A.No.1 of 2026 has been filed seeking to vacate the interim stay order. 4. The Criminal Petition was filed challenging the order dated 28.02.2019 passed in Crl.M.P.No.785 of 2019 in M.C.No.20 of 2018, whereby the petitioner/husband was directed to pay maintenance of Rs.6,000/- per month to respondent No.2/wife and Rs.4,000/- per month to respondent No.3/daughter. Despite the interim direction passed in I.A.No.1 3 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7665 of 2023 Dated 19.02.2026 of 2023, the petitioner/husband has not shown even a semblance of responsibility in paying the maintenance. 5. The relationship between the petitioner and respondent Nos.2 and 3 is not in dispute. The petitioner is duty bound to maintain his wife and daughter. No justification, much less a valid justification, has been shown by the petitioner for not complying with the order of the learned Trial Court or for not paying 50% of the arrears of maintenance as directed by the learned Single Judge of this Court. Hence, this Criminal Petition is liable to be dismissed. 6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. The learned Additional Judicial First Class Magistrte, Amalapuram, is directed to proceed with M.C.No.20 of 2018 and dispose of the same as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law. 7. In the result, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. As a sequel, Miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _________________________ DR. Y. LAKSHMANA RAO, J Date: 19.02.2026 RSI 4 Dr. YLR, J Crl.P.No.7665 of 2023 Dated 19.02.2026 197 THE HONOURABLE DR JUSTICE Y. LAKSHMANA RAO CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 7665 of 2023 Date: 19.02.2026 RSI