ORDER :

The petitioner/husband is before this Court calling in question order dated 28-09-2022 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Dakshina Kannada, Mangalore on I.A. No.V in M.C.No.208 of 2021 granting interim maintenance of Rs.30,000/- per month to be paid to his wife/respondent.

2. Brief facts that lead the petitioner to this Court in the subject petition, as borne out from the pleadings, are as follows:-

The petitioner and the respondent got married on 31-12-2018 and have no children from the wedlock. On 11-12-2020 alleging harassment by the petitioner and his family members the respondent registers a crime in Crime No.32 of 2021 for offences punishable under Sections 498A, 506, 313 and 34 of the IPC. Thereafter, on 22-02-2021, the respondent files a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (‘DV Act’ for short) in Criminal Miscellaneous Case No.32 of 2021 before the Civil Judge and JMFC, Moodbidri wherein maintenance is also sought in the petition. Considering the interim application seeking maintenance, an order comes to be passed by the concerned Court, granting maintenance to the respondent/wife at Rs.20,000/- per month. All