This revision is directed against the order dated 13-2-1995, dismissing the petition in Crl. M.P. No. 3124 of 1994, filed by the petitioner/husband to set aside the ex parte order of maintenance passed in M.C. No. 7 of 1993, dated 23-11-1993, by the Judicial Magistrate No. 3, Srivilliputhur

2. The facts of this case involving a chequered history are quite agonizing

(i) The petitioner Gnanaiahpandiyan, a Police Constable, attached to Soonamedu Police Station, Chengai M.G.R. District, is the husband. The respondent Pazhaniammal of Cheithur village, Kamarajar District, is the unfortunate wife

(ii) The petitioner and the respondent got married on 24-1-1980 in a temple Arulmigu Thirukanneswarar Alayam, at Seithur, under Hindu rites in the presence of the elders of both the families. Some months later, the wife came to know that the petitioner/husband had illegal contact with several women. Ultimately, the wife was driven out from the matrimonial home, after subjecting her to cruelty. She came to the parent's home, eight years after the marriage. On coming to know that the petitioner herein married one Gowri, as second wife, the parents of the respondent herein reported to the p