SH. ANKIT PRAKASH vs SMT YASHODA

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$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 17, 2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 554/2025, CRL.M.A. 36700/2025, CRL.M.A. 36701/2025, CRL.M.A. 36751/2025 SH. ANKIT PRAKASH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anil Kumar Thakur, Adv. through V.C. versus SMT YASHODA .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present revision petition is filed by the petitioner husband challenging the order dated 21.10.2024 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Family Court, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi in MT No. 150/2023. 2. The learned Family Court by the impugned order allowed the application filed by respondent wife seeking interim maintenance and thereby directed the petitioner to pay a sum of ₹12,000/- per month as interim maintenance to the respondent till the final disposal of the case. 3. It is averred that the marriage between the petitioner and respondent was solemnized on 15.02.2021 as per Hindu rites and customs, whereafter, a child was born out of the said wedlock. 4. It is alleged that the respondent used to quarrel with the petitioner and his family, thereafter, on 13.04.2024 the Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 554/2025 Page 1 of 4 KAUR Signing Date:19.12.2025 17:02:59 respondent left her matrimonial home and the parties have been residing separately since then. 5. It is alleged that the petitioner is not permitted to meet his son and whenever the petitioner and his relatives visit the respondent to settle the dispute, the respondent does not wish to settle and abuses the petitioner as well as his relatives. 6. Subsequently, the respondent filed a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’) along with an application seeking interim m