JUDGMENT

Immaneni Panduranga Rao, J. - The husband is the revision petitioner. His wife filed M.C. 41/83 in the court of the II Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad for maintenance under Section 125 Cr. P.C. for herself and her three minor children. The learned Magistrate has awarded maintenance at Rs. 200/- per month for the wife and Rs. 100/- per month for each of the three children. The husband preferred Crl. R.C. 128/85 to this court and the maintenance was reduced to Rs. 125/- per month for the wife while confirming the maintenance awarded to the children.

2. While so, the wife and children filed M.C.No. 60/89 on the file of the II Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad under section 127 Cr.P.c. claiming enhancement of maintenance at the rate of Rs. 500/- per month for each of them. The wife was divorced on 23-5-1989. The learned Magistrate has enhanced the maintenance to Rs. 300/- per month for the wife from 27-7-1988 to 23-5-1989. So far as the minor children are concerned, the learned Magistrate enhanced the maintenance from Rs. 100/- per month to Rs. 175/- per month each from 27-7-1988 to 23-5-1991.

3. Aggrieved by the said decision, the husband has preferred this revision direc