JUDGMENT

This criminal revision petition under Section 397 Cr.P.C read with Section 19 of the FAMILY COURTS ACT ,1984 has been filed by the petitioner-husband challenging the judgment and order dated 12.03.2020 passed by the Family Court, Sonamura in Criminal Misc. 52 of 2018 whereby the Family Court granted monthly maintenance allowance of a sum of Rs.15,000/- towards maintenance of the respondent-wife and her minor daughter and directed the petitioner-husband to remit the money to his wife within 7th day of each month by money order.

[2] By means of filing this criminal revision petition, petitioner-husband has challenged the impugned judgment of the Family Court mainly on the following grounds:

(i) The Family Court did not appreciate the fact that the respondent-wife could not adduce any documentary proof to prove the income of the petitioner. Without ascertaining his income, Family Court erroneously passed the judgment directing him to pay a huge sum of monthly maintenance allowance to his wife and daughter.

(ii) The Family Court did not appreciate the fact that the respondent-wife had income from the beauty parlour owned by her and she was not unable to maintain herself.

(iii) Th