JUDGMENT :

The present revisions is preferred against the order dated 23.07.2016, passed in Criminal Case No. 81 of 2013, Smt. Ujma Siddhique & Another Vs. Harun Rashid, by the court of Family Judge, Nainital (“the case”). By the impugned judgment and order, an application filed by respondent no.1 under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“the Code”) seeking maintenance for herself and her daughter, respondent no.2, has been allowed. The revisionist has been directed to pay Rs. 15,000/- per month as maintenance to his wife, the respondent no.1, and Rs. 5,000/- per month to his daughter, the respondent no.2.

2. Facts of the case, briefly stated, are as follows. The respondent No.1 filed an application under Section 125 of the Code, seeking maintenance for herself and her daughter from the revisionist. The revisionist and the respondent no.1 were married on 23.07.2011. The respondent no.1 has already lost her parents. After marriage, according to the application, the respondent no.1 was harassed physically and mentally for the demand of dowry. The revisionist was working in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, as a teacher. When the respondent no.1 gave birth to her daught