ORDER :

(Prayer : Criminal Revision Case has been filed under Sections 397 read with 401 of Code of Criminal Procedure to allow the above criminal revision case by setting aside the fair and decreetal order dated 23.11.2021 passed in CMP No.2529/2021 in M.C.No.1 of 2014 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate Court No.II, Madurantagam.)

Challenging the impugned order dated 23.11.2021 passed in CMP No.2529 of 2021 in M.C.No.1 of 2014 by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurantagam, the present criminal revision case has been filed.

2. The fact of the case is that the petitioner is the husband. The respondent is the mother-in-law of the petitioner. The petitioner married the respondent's daughter Saraswathi in the year 1991. Due to misunderstanding, they separated. The petitioner/ husband by filing a divorce petition under Section 13 (1)(i) (b) of Hindu Marriage Act before the Sub Court, Seyyur, got a divorce decree by an order dated 20.01.2005. Thereafter, Saraswathi filed a maintenance case in M.C.No.1 of 2014 before the Judicial Magistrate No.II, Madurantagam. After trial of the maintenance case, the learned Judge awarded a monthly maintenance of Rs.7,500/- payable by the petit