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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

% Date of Decision: December 16^th, 2025

+ CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 569/2025 & CRL.M.A.

37503/2025, CRL.M.A. 37504/2025, CRL.M.A.

37505/2025, CRL.M.A. 37506/2025

AFZAL HUSSAIN .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Suhail Khan, Mr.

Farid Ahmed Nizami, Mr. Vishal Raj Sehijpal, Mr. Shoeb Shakeel, Ms. Vratika Mittal, Ms. Priyanka Handa,

Advocates.

versus

SANA KHAN .....Respondent

Through: Mr. Deepak Acharya,

Advocate. CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under section 438 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’), assailing the order dated 16.07.2025, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), in Cr. Appeal No. 282/2024

titled “Afzal Hussain v. Sana Khan”.

2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ has dismissed the appeal filed by Petitioner/ husband under section 29 of the

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (‘DV Act’) and upheld the order dated 27.07.2024, passed by the learned JFMC, in Ct Case 1069/2022, whereby the Ld. JMFC decided the interim maintenance application under section 23 (2) DV Act and directed the Petitioner to pay Rs. 12,000/- per month to Res