T.Sai Baba vs State Of AP, Rep. By Its Public Prosecutor

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2025 Supreme(AP) 1154

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI
T MALLIKARJUNA RAO
T.Sai Baba – Appellant
Versus
State Of AP, Rep. By Its Public Prosecutor – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: V Nitesh
For the Respondent: Venkateswarlu Valmiki, Public Prosecutor (AP)

ORDER :

T Mallikarjuna Rao, J.

1. The Criminal Revision Case, under Section 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘Cr.P.C.') is filed on behalf of the petitioner/respondent assailing the order dated 14.08.2018 passed in F.C.M.C. No.22 of 2017 on the file of the learned IV Additional District Judge- cum-Family Court, Kurnool, (for short, ‘the Family Court’) whereby petition was partly allowed by granting maintenance filed under Section 125 Cr.P.C., by the petitioners 2 and 3 (children) therein.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties to this Criminal Revision Case will hereinafter be referred to as described before the Family Court.

3. The petitioners, being the respondent’s wife and children, filed a petition before the Family Court under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. in F.C.M.C.No.22 of 2017 seeking maintenance.

4. The brief facts of the petition are as follows:

The 1^st petitioner is the legally wedded wife of the respondent, and petitioners 2 and 3 are their minor children. At the time of marriage, her parents paid Rs.1,00,000/- as dowry, gave gold ornaments weighing eight thulas and spent another Rs.1,00,000/- towards marriage expenses and household arti