JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 397 and 401 Cr.P.C., against the orders passed by the Family Court, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli District in M.C.No.7 of 2017, dated 15.03.2017.

1. This Criminal Revision is directed against the order passed in M.C. No. 7 of 2017, dated 15.03.2017 on the file of the Family Court, Thirunelveli.

2. It is not in dispute that the marriage between the revision petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 01.05.2015 at Arulmigu Salaikumarasamy Temple, Thirunelveli, as per Hindu Rites and Customs and that subsequently, there arose misunderstanding between them and they are living separately. It is also not in dispute that the revision petitioner has filed a petition in HMOP.No.273 of 2016 for divorce and that after enquiry the said petition was ordered to be dismissed. The respondent, by invoking Section 125 Cr. P.C., has filed a case in M.C.No.7 of 2017 on the file of the Family Court, Thirunelveli claiming maintenance at Rs.15,000/- per month. The revision petitioner has filed a counter statement disputing the claim of the respondent and prayed for dismissal of the same. The learned Judge of the Family Court, upon considering the