( 1 ) THIS petition is filed bv Basavanappa the husband of the respondent as against the orders psssed by the IT Additional Munsiflf and. JMFC. Second Court Dharwar in Misc. Case No. 58 of 1970 and confirmed bv the Sessions Judge, Dharwar in Criminal Revision Application No. 32 of 1971.

( 2 ) THE few facts necessary for decision in this case may be narrated briefly as follows: the respondent Parvatavva filed LC. Suit No. 155 of 1959 against the petitioner Basavanappa her husband in the Court of the Civil Judge, Junior Division, Dharwar, praying for a decree towards maintenance. That suit was contested and a decree was passed. The learned Civil Judge, directed that the respondent was entitled to Rs. 200 per year towards her maintenance from her husband Basavannappa, the petitioner Then the respondent filed Misc. Case No. 58 of 1970 in the Court of the II Addl. Munsiff and JMFC. , Dharwar. under S. 488 Crpc. making out a case that her husband the petitioner Basavannappa had neglected her and had refused to maintain her. She claimed maintenance from him. The petitioner contested the claim on the ground that there was already a decree passed against him in LC. Suit No. 155/1959 and the

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