K. Harilal, J.

1. This original petition is filed challenging the impugned order passed in Crl.M.P. No.102/14 in M.C. No.42/13 on the files of the Family Court, Mavelikkara filed by the respondent herein. The respondent is a minor girl represented by her mother. The above M.C. was filed by the respondent herein claiming maintenance allowance from the petitioner herein under Section 125(1)(b) of the Cr.P.C. It is alleged in the M.C. that from September 1999 onwards the petitioner showed love and affection towards the mother of the respondent minor child, and they started to reside together from 1999 onwards till December 2000. While so, her mother became pregnant from the petitioner herein and the respondent herein was born on 23/10/2000. It is also alleged in the petition that till December 2000 the petitioner looked after the affairs of the respondent and her mother. Thereafter the petitioner has been neglecting the respondent and her mother and refusing to pay maintenance allowance to them. The respondent is legally entitled to get maintenance allowance from the petitioner under Section 125(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In the above premises, she filed the above