Wakil Ahmad @ Mo. Wakil v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Govt. of U.P. Lko. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Wakil Ahmad @ Mo. Wakil v. State of U.P. and another (Rupaida Begam); CRIMINAL REVISION / CRLR No. 965 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 11; Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania, J.; decided October 6, 2025; Section 125 CrPC maintenance; impugned order dated 28.05.2025 by Principal Judge, Family Court, Shrawasti in Case No. 268 of 2019, PS-Sirsiya, District Shrawasti; reference to Mediation and Conciliation Centre (16.10.2025); interim stay of coercive recovery conditional on continued payment of maintenance; automatic vacation of protection on default; demand draft Rs. 1,50,000/-; listing 19.12.2025 with mediation report; no merits decision.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief only, no final adjudication on merits: (i) matter referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre on 16.10.2025 with parties to appear in person; (ii) no coercive action for recovery of the amount in terms of the impugned order dated 28.05.2025 till the next date, conditional on the revisionist continuing to pay the maintenance awarded by the Family Court, such protection standing vacated automatically on default; (iii) if mediation/settlement fails, extension of the interim order only after hearing counsel for the revisionist on merits. Case to be listed on 19.12.2025 alongwith the mediation report.