1. - An interesting common question of law whether after passing of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, a Muslim divorced wife has became disentitled to any maintenance under Section 125, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. has arisen in the afore-mentioned cases, six in numbers, (out of which, first one is Criminal misc. petition No. 405/67 - Abid Ali v. Mst. Raisa Begum, under section 482 . Criminal Procedure Code and the rest one are appeals under Section 19 of the 'amity Court Act. 1984) - hence these cases are disposed of by a single judgment.

2. Before entering into the legal controversy involved in the cases, we would like to draw a sketch of the primary facts in seriatim.1. Criminal Misc. Petition No. 405/1987The opposite party, Smt. Raisa Begum. who is said to have married to the petitioner Abid Ali, on April 29, 73 according to the Islamic customs & rites, had moved an application under Section 125, Cr. P.C , the petitioner, Abid Ali, went to Bhihadi in State of Maharashtra-during that period, the petitioner did not care to maintain his wife, Smt. Raisa who was alleged to have been maintained by her brother, Nishar, in the meantime, on April 2