IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE

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ON THE 27 OF JANUARY, 2026 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 7521 of 2016 SMT. SUKHIYA BAI AND OTHERS Versus BABULAL Appearance:

Shri Rajiv Jain - Advocate for the petitioners.

Shri Keher Singh Kaurav - Advocate for the respondent.

ORDER The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure challenging the order dated 30.03.2016 passed by the III Additional Sessions Judge, District Guna, whereby Criminal Revision No. 115/2015 preferred by the petitioners was dismissed, affirming the order dated 28.04.2015 passed by the learned Trial Court in Misc. Case No.

13/2013.

By the said order, the learned Trial Court awarded maintenance of ₹1,500/- per month in favour of the petitioners under Section 125 Cr.P.C. The petitioners, being aggrieved by the quantum of maintenance, preferred a revision which came to be dismissed. Hence, the present petition.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the courts below have committed a jurisdictional error in awarding a meagre amount of maintenance, which is wholly insufficient for the livelihood of the wife and minor children.