JUDGMENT

Fateh Deep Singh, J. - This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. filed by the petitioner husband Sanjeev Kumar against respondent wife Veena Rani whereby he has sought to challenge an impugned order dated 06.12.2017 (Annexure P5) passed by the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Amritsar on application for enforcement of order dated 19.02.2014 for issuing warrants for levying of due arrears of maintenance.

2. Heard Mr. Rajinder Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner; Mr.V.K. Sandhir, Advocate for the respondent and perused the records.

3. During the course of arguments, it is duly conceded by both the sides that vide orders dated 19.02.2014, the applicant wife was granted maintenance allowance at the rate of Rs.5,000/- per month. It is during the course of time, the wife filed an application for giving effect and enforceability to this order of maintenance to which the husband hadfiled objections that the application is beyond the prescribed period of limitation in terms of Section 125(3) Cr.P.C. and the arrears of maintenance beyond one year cannot be laid claim to and has sought to project the impugned order to be bad under law.

4. The same is sought to be thwarte