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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Misc(Pet.) No. 2012/2026 Iqbal Alias Bhaiyyu S/o Ibrahim, Aged About 32 Years, Resident Of Devaldi, P.s. Arnod, District Pratapgarh (Raj)

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp

2. Smt Bulbul B W/o Iqbal Alias Bhaiyyu, Aged About 32 Years, , Resident Of Devaldi, P.s. Arnod, District Pratapgarh Raj.. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Mahaveer Singh Rathore For Respondent(s) : Mr. N.S. Chandawat, Dy.G.A.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE FARJAND ALI

Order

18/03/2026

1. This Misc. Petition under Section 528 of the Cr.P.C. has been preferred by the petitioner, assailing the order dated 05.03.2026 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), in Criminal Miscellaneous Case No.51/2025, whereby the learned Magistrate, in the course of proceedings initiated by Respondent No. 2, sentenced the petitioner to a term of imprisonment for a period of five months for non-payment of maintenance.

2. The factual matrix leading to the present petition is as follows:

a. The Respondent No.2, herein the wife of the petitioner, filed an application under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C. before the learned ACJM