MEGHA KHETRAPAL vs RAJAT KAPOOR

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of order: 19th March, 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 273/2023 & Crl.M.A.6767/2023 MEGHA KHETRAPAL .....Revisionist Through: Mr. Rohit Sehgal, Proxy Counsel versus RAJAT KAPOOR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aditya Singla, Ms.Supriya Juneja and Mr. Ritwik Saha, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA DHARI SINGH ORDER CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J (Oral) 1. The instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter “CrPC”) [now under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter “BNSS”)] read with Sections 19 (4) of the Family Court Act, 1984 has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking setting aside of the impugned order dated 5th November, 2022 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts South District, Saket Courts, New Delhi, wherein the learned Principal Judge has declined the interim maintenance to the petitioner under Section 125 of the CrPC in MT cases/198/2021. 2. The brief facts that led to the filing of the instant petition are that the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAVEEN KUMAR BABBAR CRL.REV.P. 273/2023 Page 1 of 21 Signing Date:19.03.2025 18:15:17 petitioner-wife married the respondent-husband on 11th December, 2019 in New Delhi and immediately left for Singapore on 24th December, 2019. It is alleged by the petitioner that owing to the cruelties at the hands of her husband and his family members, the petitioner came back to India on 20th February, 2021. It is also alleged that the respondent got the petitioner‟s spousal visa revoked and the petitioner was stranded all alone in Singapore by her husband. Further, he got into possession of all the petitioner‟s valuables due to which, the petitioner was forced to sell all her jewelleries to r