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NARENDRA KUMAR VYAS
Sachirani Thakur W/o Shri Pradeep Thakur – Appellant
Versus
Pradeep Thakur S/o Shri Ramanuj Thakur – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The applicant has filed this Criminal Revision under Section 19 (4) of the Family Courts Act read with Section 397 & 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the order dated 9-11-2023 passed by the learned Judge of Family Court, Mungeli (CG) in Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 229/2023 by which the application filed under Section 123 of Cr.P.C. by the applicant for grant of maintenance has been dismissed on the count that the applicant is residing separately without any rhyme and reason.
2. Brief facts as reflected from the record are that the marriage between the applicant/wife and respondent/husband was solemnized on 31-7-2019 in District Mungeli as per Hindu Rites and customs and at the time of marriage, the father of the applicant had given gifts and gold according to their financial status. The case of the applicant is that immediately after some time of the marriage, the respondent and his family members started torturing her for demand of dowry, demanded one Car and 10 Tolas gold. Even after this, the applicant continued to tolerate everything, but due to constant harassment by them, she informed her parents about this, accordingly her father tried to fulfill th
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