I.A. Ansari, J.

1. The opposite party herein made an application, under Section 3(2) of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, in the Court of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Morigaon, Assam, seeking an order directing the present-Petitioner to pay Mahar of a sum of Rs. 25,101/- (rupees twenty five thousand one hundred and one) only, and another sum of Rs. 3,000/- (rupees three thousand) only, for maintenance during the period of Iddat. The said application gave rise to MR Case No. 61/2002, the opposite party's case being, in brief, thus: Her marriage was solemnized with the present Petitioner according to the Muslim Law and that the Mahar, settled for the marriage, was a sum of Rs. 25,101/-. Following her marriage, she stayed at the house of the present Petitioner. During the first three months of her stay at the house of the present Petitioner after her marriage, the brothers and sisters of the present Petitioner used to torture her both mentally and physically by raising demand of money and, one day, an attempt was made even to set her on fire. On receiving information that the Petitioner herein tortured and even tried to kill the opposite pa