ORDER

This Revision Petition has been filed under Section 397 and 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as `Cr.P.C' for short) and the revision petitioner is the respondent in M.C.No.252/2016 on the files of the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram. The respondents herein are the original petitioners in the above M.C.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner as well as the learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

3. The questions emanate in this revision petitioner are:

(i) Whether an unmarried daughter can claim allowance of maintenance under Section 125(1) of Cr.P.C even after attaining majority? If so, on what contingency?

(ii) Is there any other enabling provision of law for a Hindu unmarried daughter to claim maintenance dehors the provision under Section 125 of Cr.P.C?

4. The 1 st respondent herein is the wife of the revision petitioner and the 2 nd respondent is the daughter of the revision petitioner, aged 17 years during 2016. The respondents had approached the Family Court with prayer to grant allowance of maintenance on the submission that they did not have means of maintenance. Further, it was contended that the revision petitioner,