This revision petition is directed against the order dated 30-1-64 passed by S.D.M. I.W. by which he ordered the petitioner to pay Rs. 20/- to opposite party No. 1 and Rs. 10/- per month to his minor, daughter as a maintenance allowance.

2. The material facts are not in dispute and they may be briefly stated as follows :

On 14-12-62, the opposite party No. 1 on behalf of herself and 3 minor children opposite party No. 2 to 4 presented an application to the S.D.M., I.W. for proceeding under Section 488 Cr. P.C. against her husband the petitioner with the contention that she was the legally married wife of the petitioner and after their marriage they lived as husband and wife for some years in the house of the petitioner and during that period she gave birth to these 3 children. While their marriage was in subsistence the petitioner contracted a second marriage and thereafter he started illtreating her without any reason. As she could not tolerate the cruelty and ill treatment of her husband so she left his house with her youngest daughter and began to live with her parents. After sometime the other two respondents also came and joined them. As she had no means to maintain hers