1. - This revision petition arises out of proceedings Under Section 488 Cr.PC (old), Smt. Sujan Kaur is the wife of Awtar Singh non-petitioner No. 2 and petitioners No. 2 & 3 Jeet Singh and Gurmeet Singh are the two minor sons, born out of the wedlock of Sujan Kaur with Awtarsingh. Smt. Sujan Kaur filed an application under Section 488 Cr.PC (old) for the grant of maintenance for herself and her two minor children against Awtar Singh. In the application, a case was set up that about five years prior to the filing of the application, which was filed on May 24, 1973 her husband Awtarsingh gave beating to her and she and her two minor children were turned out of the house. Since then she was living with her parents and inspite of efforts Awtarsingh did not take her and the minor children. It was further mentioned in the petition that Awtarsingh was living jointly with his father and both were jointly cultivating 45 bighas of land and the annual income is Rs. 20,000/-. The application was contested by Awtar Singh. It was not disputed that Sujan Kaur is his wife or Jeet Singh and Gurmeet Singh are his sons. According to Awtar Singh, he never maltreated Sujan Kaur, nor she was t