AFZAL HUSSAIN vs SANA KHAN

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: December 16th, 2025 CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 569/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37503/2025, CRL.M.A. 37504/2025, CRL.M.A. 37505/2025, CRL.M.A. 37506/2025 AFZAL HUSSAIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Suhail Khan, Mr. Farid Ahmed Nizami, Mr. Vishal Raj Sehijpal, Mr. Shoeb Shakeel, Ms. Vratika Mittal, Ms. Priyanka Handa, Advocates. versus SANA KHAN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Deepak Acharya, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present petition has been filed under section 438 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’), assailing the order dated 16.07.2025, passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), in Cr. Appeal No. 282/2024 titled “Afzal Hussain v. Sana Khan”. 2. By the impugned judgment, the learned ASJ has dismissed the appeal filed by Petitioner/ husband under section 29 of the 3. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the awarded maintenance amount is exuberant as the Petitioner has no source of income and has been laid off in October 2024. 4. He further submits that the Respondent/Wife is well- educated, is gainfully employed with Madiha Beauty Parlour, Near Ch