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Khushbu Devi v. The State Of Jharkhand And Anr.

Jharkhand HC6 Apr 2026Cr.Rev./919/2017

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What is this about?

Keywords: criminal revision; maintenance petition dismissed; Family Court Dumka; Original Maintenance Petition No. 30 of 2016; JHALSA mediation; settlement between parties; divorce decree; Original Suit No. 17 of 2024; permanent alimony Rs. 3,50,000/-; full and final settlement; waiver of maintenance; infructuous; disposed. Relevant to: disposal of pending maintenance appeals/revisions as infructuous after settlement, divorce and receipt of permanent alimony in full and final settlement.

What did the court decide?

In view of the settlement between the parties arrived at through JHALSA mediation and the petitioner's admission, in the divorce proceedings, of having received permanent alimony of Rs. 3,50,000/- as full and final settlement while waiving any amount of maintenance, the present criminal revision has become infructuous. ¶20

Khushbu Devi Vs The State Of Jharkhand And Anr. — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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2026:JHHC:9652

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Revision No. 919 of 2017

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Khushbu Devi, W/O Tarak Harijan, resident of Village – Kalipokhar near Vivekanand High School, P.O. & P.S. – Bolpur, District – Birbhum, West Bengal.

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.... …. Petitioner

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Versus

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State of Jharkhand

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Tarak Hrijan, S/o Late Ram Prasad Harijan, At present R/O Village – Kalipokhar near Vivekanand High School, P.O. & P.S. – Bolpur, District – Birbhum, West Bengal.

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.... .... Opp. Parties

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Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRADEEP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

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-----For the Petitioner : Mr. Sudeep Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Mohua Palit, A.P.P. For the O.P. No. 2 : Mr. Durga Charan Mishra, Advocate.

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Order No. 17 / Dated 6^th April, 2026

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1. The instant criminal revision has been preferred against the order / judgment dated 09.06.2017 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dumka in Original Maintenance Petition No. 30 of 2016, whereby and whereunder learned Court has dismissed the Maintenance Petition filed by the petitioner.

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2. It is informed by learned counsel for both the parties that vide order dated 14.09.2023, the matter was sent to the JHALSA, Ranchi for mediation and the matter has been settled between the parties. It is also pointed out that divorce has also been taken place between the parties vide judgment dated 01.10.2024 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dumka in Original Suit No. 17 of 2024, wherein also the present petitioner has admitted that she has

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received permanent alimony amounting to Rs. 3,50,000/- as full and final settlement, waiving any amount of maintenance.

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3. In view of the above, the present criminal revision has become infructuous.

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4. Accordingly, this criminal revision is disposed of as infructuous.

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(Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.)

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