( 1 ) THE order under challenge in this revision is order dated 22-1-1990 by, Additional Sessions Judge, Sheopurkalan, holding that application for maintenance under S. 125, Cr. P. C. by a Muslim divorced woman was prosecutable even after the enforcement of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986.

( 2 ) A Muslim woman named Farida (impleaded as non-applicant in this revision) filed an application under S. 125, Cr. P. C. against her husband Dr. Abdul Rashid (applicant in this revision) on 16-6-1980 before Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Sheopur. That application was for maintenance of herself and her minor daughter Shabnam, aged than 8 years. During the pendency of that application, the husband Dr. Abdul Rashid gave Talak to his wife. That Talak became operative at least from 30-7-1985, when the husband filed an application in the Magistrate's Court informing his wife thereby that he had given Talak to her. This legal position under Mahomedan Law could not be contested and attempt to contest position was given up by Farida's counsel in this Court. It was afterwards on 19/05/1986 that the Act called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divo