ORDER :

1. Order passed by Family Court, Nedumangad on 30.07.2016 in M.C. No. 90 of 2016 is under challenge in the revision on hand.

2. For the sake of clarity, the parties to this revision will hereinafter be referred to as the respondent and the petitioner in accordance with their status in the M.C. before the Family Court.

M.C. was filed under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short Cr.P.C.) by the petitioner, who is the legally wedded wife of the respondent as per marriage solemnized on 29.09.2013 at Pothencode. She has been deserted and neglected to be maintained by the respondent from 12.09.2015 onwards. According to the petitioner, more dowry was demanded by the respondent and also threatened stating that she would be divorced if the demand for additional dowry is not met with. The respondent was alleged as having a salary of Rs. 30,000/- from his job as a Civil Police Officer and monthly earning of Rs. 1,00,000/- from the poultry and dairy farms conducted by him. Rs. 15,000/- was claimed as monthly maintenance.

3. In the objection filed by the respondent, the marriage and the status of the petitioner as wife was admitted. The claim for maintenance was alleged a