JUDGMENT :

1. This criminal revision has been preferred on behalf of the petitioner against the judgment dated 15th February, 2022 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Dhanbad in Original Maintenance Case No.454 of 2019, whereby and whereunder the application filed by the Opposite Party No.2 – Rina Kumari under Section 125 Cr.P.C. was allowed and the petitioner was directed to pay 10,000/- per month as maintenance on 10th day of each succeeding month. It was further ordered that the maintenance amount would be payable from the date of application i.e., from 3rd August, 2019.

2. The brief facts leading to this criminal revision are that maintenance application was moved on behalf of the Rina Kumari @ Rina Devi @ Reena Mahato (the Opposite Party No.2 in this case) under Section 125 Cr.P.C. against her husband – Dinesh Kumar Mahato (the petitioner in this case) on the averments that she is a legally wedded wife of Dinesh Kumar Mahato resident of Jhabri, P.O., Jhabri, P.S. Silli, District-Ranchi. After her marriage she went to her in-law’s house and lived there peacefully for a week only. After that her husband and her in-laws began to torture her and finally on 28th Aug