Murari Ray @ Murari Rai v. The State of Bihar
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Keywords: Section 125 CrPC maintenance; Patna High Court Criminal Revision (CR. REV.) No.415 of 2023; decided 24-07-2025; Begusarai; effect of father's acquittal (05.12.2024) in Sessions Trial No.81/2014 (G.R. No.1803/2013) on children's residence and upkeep; Section 304B IPC bride-burning background; children Khushi @ Khushi Kumari (engineering student, Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, Lalpur Campus, Ranchi) and Mayank Kumar (Class 12) in guardianship of maternal uncle Balram Singh; assessing suppressed income by conjecture/guesswork — counsel cited Jasbir Kaur Sehgal (Smt.) v. District Judge, Dehradun, (1997) 7 SCC 7; Dr. Shayan Ahamad v. State of Bihar, 2017(4) PLJR 479; Shamima Farooqui v. Shahid Khan, 2015(3) PLJR (SC) 58; Brijesh Kumar Rastogi v. Smt. Kanti Rastogi, 2009(2) PLJR 831; obligation to maintain daughter till marriage and son till majority; impugned Family Court order affirmed; revision dismissed. Coram: Justice Bibek Chaudhuri (oral order).