Shiv Shankar Choudhary Alias Sheo Shankar Choudhary v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Section 125 Cr.P.C. maintenance award upheld on criminal revision; Cr. Revision No. 154 of 2022, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, Gautam Kumar Choudhary J., decided 21.06.2024. Revision against Family Court Ranchi order dated 27.02.2020 (Original Maintenance Case No. 259 of 2015) granting Rs. 10,000/- to wife (opposite party No. 2, Mamta Kumari) and Rs. 5000/- to daughter (opposite party No. 3). Petitioner Shiv Shankar Choudhary @ Sheo Shankar Choudhary, an Assistant Engineer terminated allegedly after opposite party No. 2's complaint (Annexure 1), sought relief citing inability to pay; counter affidavit (para 21) alleged sufficient property. Court held trial court had considered agricultural and house-rent income alongside pay slip, found no illegality or impropriety in the maintenance assessment, and rejected the revision as shorn of merit.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the impugned order it is apparent that the learned trial court took into account the petitioner's income from agriculture and house rent while allowing maintenance in favour of opposite party nos. 2 and 3.