Baher Mustafa Afjalur Rahman S/o Abdul Kalam vs State of Assam

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2026 Supreme(Gau) 168

IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
MANISH CHOUDHURY
Baher Mustafa Afjalur Rahman S/o Abdul Kalam – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : A.T. Sarkar, Md. A. Islam, S.R. Das
For the Respondents: Surajit Das, Suraya Rahman, Sarfraz Nawaz

Table of Content
1. grounds for enhanced maintenance allowance. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. petitioner's contention on maintenance amount. (Para 6 , 8 , 9)
3. legal principles on maintenance obligations. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
4. scope of court's revisional jurisdiction. (Para 16)
5. dismissal of the revision petition. (Para 17)

JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. Heard Mr. A.T. Sarkar, learned counsel for the revision petitioner; Mr. R.R. Kaushik, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent no. 1 State; and Mr. S. Nawaz, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2.

2. This criminal revision petition under Section 438 read with Section 442, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita [BNSS], 2023 is preferred to assail a Judgment dated 04.08.2025 passed by the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge no. 2, Nagaon, Assam [‘the Appellate Court’, for short] in Criminal Appeal no. 06[N]/2025. By the Judgment dated 04.08.2025, the Appellate Court had dismissed the criminal appeal preferred by the revision petitioner as the appellant against a Judgment and Order dated 03.01.2025 passed by the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class [‘the Trial Court’, for short] in Misc. Case

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