( 1 ) THIS is a revision petition by the wife against the order dated 21-3-1984, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Balaghat, in Criminal Revision No. 57 of 1983, by which the order dated 1-9-1983, passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Waraseoni, in Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 38 of 1981, granting maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been reversed.

( 2 ) ADMITTEDLY, the applicant is the legally wedded wife of the non-applicant. On 15-5-1981, the non-applicant contracted second marriage and the applicant is living separately with her parents.

( 3 ) THE case of the applicant is that after the second marriage of the non-applicant, he started treating the applicant with cruelty. A son was also born to the non-applicant out of the wedlock of the second marriage. The cruelty became unbearable. Her father had to get her custody through a search warrant from Court. As such, she was compelled to leave the house of the non-applicant and live with her parents. According to her, on 8-4-1981, signatures on some blank papers were taken from her in the Court premises forcibly. She was informed that some agricultural land is being