SH ANKIT KUMAR vs MS SONAM

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$~82 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 18, 2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 578/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37891/2025, CRL.M.A. 37892/2025, CRL.M.A. 37893/2025 SH ANKIT KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rahul Thakur, Adv. (through VC) versus MS SONAM .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. By the present petition, the petitioner challenges the order dated 14.07.2025 (hereafter ‘the impugned order’) passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Saket Court, New Delhi in MT No. 402/2023 whereby the learned Family Court in an application preferred by the respondent under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) directed the petitioner to pay interim maintenance of ₹12,000/- per month to the respondent. 2. The learned Family Court considered the bank statement of the petitioner along with his income affidavit. It was noted that from the bank statement filed by the petitioner from the year Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 578/2025 Page 1 of 4 KAUR Signing Date:22.12.2025 15:40:58 2021 to the year 2024, it transpired that apart from a fixed salary, there was also a regular inflow of money in the account of the petitioner. It was noted that the money transfers in the account of the petitioner were by way of UPI and PhonePe applications apart from a salary transfer from Kings Security Guard that seemed to be the petitioner’s employer. Consequently, considering the credits in the account of the petitioner, the learned Family Court assessed the income of the petitioner as ₹50,000/- to ₹60,000/- and awarded a sum of ₹12,000/- as interim maintenance to the respondent. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is working as an office boy and e