THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed seeking to quash the order dated

25.04..2025 passed in MC No.148 of 2023 by the Family Court, Ranga Reddy District, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad.

2. Heard Sri P.M. Sai Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.R.K. Gargeya, learned counsel for the respondent No.1 and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor respondent No.2-State.

3. Learned counsel for the quash petitioner-husband has submitted that this is the second petition filed by the respondent No.1-wife seeking maintenance and that it is not maintainable. In case of any enhancement, the respondent No.1-wife is supposed to file for enhancement of maintenance amount, but not a fresh application. He, thus, contended that the petition needs to be dismissed, but the trial court has erroneously granted maintenance in this case. He, further submitted that there was a compromise memo during the pendency of maintenance case vide MC No.72 of 2007 which was entered on 16.04.2015 and as per the terms and conditions of the said compromise, an amount of Rs.5,00,000/- was paid to the respondent No.1-wife in the MC and that even afte