JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP SHARMA, J.

1. Being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the order dated 5.8.2020 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge-II, Una, District Una, Himachal Pradesh, in Cr. Appeal No. 75/2019, whereby appeal under S.29 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter, ‘Act’) having been filed by the respondents against order dated 2.11.2019 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Una, District Una, Himachal Pradesh in CrMA No. 3660 of 2019 filed under S.23 of the Act, has been allowed and interim maintenance of Rs. 2,000/- and Rs.1,000/- awarded in favour of respondents Nos. 1 and 2 respectively by learned trial Court has been enhanced to Rs. 3,000/- and Rs. 2,000/-, petitioner-husband (hereinafter, ‘petitioner’) has approached this Court in the instant proceedings.

2. Precisely, the facts of the case as emerge from the record are that the respondents by way of application under S.23 of the Act prayed for interim maintenance, while averring therein that her marriage with the petitioner was solemnised on 22.6.2018 as per Hindu rites and rituals at Village Lamlehri, Tehsil and District, Una, Himachal Pradesh. Respondent