YOGITA vs KRISHAN @ VIKASH

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$~86 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 17, 2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 572/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37657/2025, CRL.M.A. 37658/2025 YOGITA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sumitra Choudhary, Adv. (through VC) Mr. M.K. Raghav Raman, Ms. Nitya Sharma and Ms. Jasmine Sheikh, Advs. versus KRISHAN @ VIKASH .....Respondent Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present revision petition is filed by the petitioner wife challenging the order dated 07.08.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), South-West District, Dwarka Courts, New Delhi in Criminal Appeal No. 1983/2024. 2. The learned ASJ by the impugned order dismissed the appeal filed by the petitioner under Section 29 of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (‘DV Act’) challenging the order dated 13.05.2024 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate (‘MM’), South-West District, Dwarka Courts in MC No. 525/2021 whereby the learned MM awarded interim maintenance Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 572/2025 Page 1 of 6 KAUR Signing Date:20.12.2025 17:39:39 of ₹18,000/- per month to the petitioner. 3. It is averred that the marriage between petitioner and respondent was solemnized on 14.02.2020 as per Hindu rites and customs. It is alleged that initially the relationship between the petitioner and respondent was cordial in nature, however, being influenced by his mother the respondent started exhibiting hostile behaviour towards the petitioner. 4. It is alleged that the petitioner was, thereafter, thrown out of her matrimonial home in the year 2021. It is alleged that the respondent is still harassing the petitioner and has withheld all the streedhan belonging to the petitioner. 5. Being aggrieved