( 1 ) THE respondent filed an application under Section 125 Cr. P. C. before the JMFC, Challakere, seeking maintenance from the petitioner husband. Notice was ordered thereon to the petitioner husband. In the meantime, respondent filed an interlocutory application i. e. I. A. No. I seeking interim maintenance. Learned Magistrate, by his order dated 31-10-1996, granted interim maintenance of Rs. 200/- per month from the said date. Notice of IA No. I was also ordered. Petitioner husband appeared through a counsel and filed objections. Matter was then posted from time to time for payment of interim maintenance and on 5-4-1997. Petitioner husband filed objections to the main petition as also to the interlocutory application. It may be mentioned in this context that the petitioner husband had appeared through a counsel on 7-12-1996, and, it was only on 5-4-1997 that he filed objections to the main petition and to the interlocutory application. Matter was then posted for enquiry from time to time. In the meantime, learned Magistrate straight away issued an arrest warrant against the petitioner husband with regard to recovery of interim maintenance. On 31-7-1997, when the petitioner husba

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