HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Revision No.13 of 2023 Smt. Hema Mehra ………….Revisionist Versus State of Uttarakhand and another ..…..Respondents Present:-

Mr. Girish Chandra Lakhchaura and Mr. Dushyant Mainali, Advocates for the revisionist.

Mr. Siddhartha Bisht, AGA for the State/respondent no.1.

Mr. Lalit Miglani and Mr. Aakib Ahmed, Advocate for respondent no.2.

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

The challenge in this revision is made to order dated

02.05.2022, passed in Misc. Criminal Case No.121 of 2020, Hema Mehra Vs. Pooran Singh Mehra, by the Judge, Family Court, Haldwani, District Nainital (“the case”), by which, while allowing an interim maintenance application, filed by the revisionist, the respondent no.2 was directed to pay Rs.9,000/- per month to her as interim maintenance.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

3. The revisionist did file an application under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (“the Code”) seeking maintenance from respondent no.2 along with it, she also filed an application for interim maintenance on the ground that it might take some time for final disposal of the application under Section

125 of th