ORDER :

1. This Crl. M.C. has been filed challenging the order passed by the 1st Additional Sessions Court, Ernakulam (for short ‘the court below’) in Crl. R.P. No. 17/2017 dated 17th November, 2018.

2. The petitioner herein was the legally wedded wife of the 1st respondent. The parties are Muslims. Their marriage was solemnized on 15.6.2008. A male child was born out of the wedlock. Admittedly, the 1st respondent divorced the petitioner by pronouncing talaq on 15.12.2013. The petitioner filed a petition at the court below u/s 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 (for short, the Act of 1986) as MC No. 17/2015 claiming Rs. 1 crore towards reasonable and fair provision for the future, Rs. 1,50,000/- towards maintenance for iddat period, for return of 70 grams of gold given as mahr, and for return of Rs. 1,41,680/- as the value of 56 grams of gold allegedly given to her by her parents and took away by the 1st respondent. Admittedly the 1st respondent was employed at Doha, Qatar. The petitioner along with the child were also staying with him. The petitioner alleged in the petition that the respondent was drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 2,00,000/-. However, th