SODAN SINGH RAWAT vs VIPINTA

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 25.02.2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 48/2024 & CRL.M.A. 29357/2024 SODAN SINGH RAWAT .....Petitioner Through: Mr Rajbir Singh Sagar, Advocate versus VIPINTA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Brijesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present revision petition has been filed under Section 19(4) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 read with Section 397/401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟] on behalf of the petitioner seeking setting aside of the judgment dated 27.05.2024 [hereafter „the impugned judgment‟] passed by the learned Judge, Family Court-01, District Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟] in a petition filed under Section 125 of Cr.P.C. by the respondent (MT No. 363/2017), by way of which the petitioner/husband has been directed to pay maintenance to the respondent/wife at the rate of ₹10,000/- per month CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 48/2024 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:27.02.2025 18:20:08 from the date of filing of the application until the judgment, and ₹20,000/- per month from the date of the judgment and till the subsistence of marriage between the parties. 2. The brief facts of the case, as discernible from the records, are that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 27.04.2015 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies at Kota, Rajasthan. The parties do not have any children from this wedlock. The respondent alleges that after marriage, the petitioner started demanding dowry, despite her family having already given adequate dowry articles, and subjected her to cruelty. It is further alleged that the petitioner del