Hon'ble CHAUHAN, J.—Aggrieved by the order dated 03.05.2008, passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Udaipur, whereby the learned Judge has directed the petitioner-husband to pay a maintenance of Rs.800/- per month to the respondent-wife, Smt. Vidhya Veshnav, the petitioner-husband has approached this Court.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner-husband and the respondent-wife were married on 20.9.1999 according to the Hindu customs and rites. According to the respondent-wife, for the first three years, the petitioner-husband and his family members kept her well. However, subsequently they started demanding that she should bring Rs.5,000/- from her parents. Moreover, they started subjecting her to physical and mental cruelty. Eventually, she was thrown out of the house. Because of their cruelty, she had filed a criminal case for offences under Sections 498A, 323, 406 and 120B IPC, which is pending before the courts of Kanod. The respondent-wife also claims that the petitioner-husband has married the daughter of one Kalu Das through the Nata ceremony and the said lady is living with him. Unable to maintain herself, the respondent-wife had filed an application unde

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