THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL PETITION No. 2163 OF 2025

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to direct the respondent No.2 to enhance the interim maintenance of Rs.36,000/- to the petitioner and to set aside the orders dated 10.07.2024 in Crl.M.P.No.359 of 2022 in MC.No.178 of 2022 passed by the learned Additional Family Judge, Ranga Reddy District, L.B Nagar (for short “trial Court”).

2. Heard the submissions of Sri A. Suhaschary, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for respondent No.1 – State.

3. The learned petitioner counsel has submitted that petitioner herein is the wife. It is her case that initially when she filed a Maintenance Case vide M.C.No.178 of 2022, the respondent- husband failed to contest the matter and therefore, an ex-parte decree was passed in her favour, granting a monthly maintenance of Rs.30,000/-, the said order was pronounced on 15.03.2023. Subsequently, he approached the Court through a set aside petition to contest the matter. The said petition was allowed on a condition that the husband shall pay an amount of Rs.1,05,000/- to the wife o