D. P. MOHAPATRA, J.

( 1 ) IN this revision petition the petitioner assails the revisional order dated 29-7-91 of the Addl. Sessions Judge, Jajpur in Criminal Revision No. 150 of 1989 requiring him to pay to the opposite party maintenance at the rate of Rs. 200/- per month with effect from 30-3-88 the date of presentation of the petition under S. 125, Cr. P. C. By the said order the Addl. Sessions Judge set aside the order dated 19/07/1989 of the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jajpur in Misc. Case No. 41 of 1988 rejecting the application for maintenance.

( 2 ) THE relevant facts, shorn of unnecessary details, may be stated thus : the petitioner Baishnab Charan Jena married the opposite party Ritarani Jena in 1980 according to Hindu rites and customs. They lived as husband and wife till they parted company sometime in 1985. The opposite party filed the application under S. 125, Cr. P. C. claiming maintenance at the rate of Rs. 300/- per month in March, 1988. Therein she alleged that differences had developed between her parents and the family of the petitioner due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand by the former. On account of that the petitioner ill-treated and assaulted her an