Rati Pal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin.Secy. Deptt. of Home Lucknow and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance; Criminal Revision No. 1406 of 2019 dismissed; challenge to Family Court (Faizabad/Ayodhya) order dated 05.07.2019 in Criminal Misc. Case No. 228 of 2005 failed; maintenance Rs. 800/- per month (arrears period) and Rs. 1500/- per month prospectively, plus Rs. 1,000/- per month towards arrears; wife lived separately on account of husband's ill-treatment (findings on issue Nos. 2 and 4); meagre maintenance amount; revision decided on merits despite non-appearance of revisionist's counsel, with assistance of learned AGA; single judge Saurabh Lavania, J.; decided August 26, 2025.
What did the court decide?
Taking note of the meagre amount awarded by the Family Court under the order under challenge dated 05.07.2019 and its findings on issue Nos. 2 and 4 — that the opposite party No. 2 was compelled to live separately under compelling circumstances on account of ill-treatment by the revisionist — this Court held the instant revision liable to be dismissed and accordingly dismissed it.