V.K. Jadhav, J.

1. Being aggrieved by the judgment and order passed by the 4th Jt. Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalna, in M.A. No.235/2003 and the judgment and order passed by the 2nd Adhoc Additional Sessions Judge, Jalna dated 5.4.2006 in criminal revision application no. 138/2005 confirming thereby the order of granting maintenance passed by the Magistrate, the original non applicant-husband preferred this criminal writ petition.

2. Brief facts, giving rise to the present writ petition are as follows :-

The respondent is legally wedded wife of petitioner and their marriage relations are still subsisting. Respondent-wife has filed Cri. M.A. No.235/2003 alleging therein that after marriage she was subjected to ill-treatment on account of non-fulfilment of the unlawful demand and therefore she was constrained to reside with her parents. Petitioner husband though having sufficient means refused and neglected to maintain her. Thus she has filed Cri. M.A. No.235/2003 claiming maintenance @ Rs. 1,500/- p.m.

The petitioner husband has strongly resisted the said application by filing his say at Exh.9. It has contended that respondent wife has no just cause to reside separately