VIKARAMJEET RANA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 18th August, 2025 Pronounced on: 06th November, 2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT) 224/2025 VIKARAMJEET RANA S/o Late Sh. Ranjit Singh R/o H.No.9, Shahbad, Daulatpur, Delhi-110042. .....Petitioner Through: versus 1. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Through S.H.O. P.S. Malviya Nagar, Delhi. 2. MANISHA RANA D/o Sh. Ajit Singh Dahiya Through Partner R/o C-4/10, 1st Floor, Safdarganj Development Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016. .....Respondents Through: CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. A Criminal Revision Petition under Section 438 read with Section 442 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 [corresponding to Section 397 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973] has been filed on behalf of Vikramjeet Rana, the Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:RITA CRL.REV.P.(MAT) 224/2025 Page 1 of 9 SHARMA Signing Date:06.11.2025 18:36:12 Petitioner/Husband to challenge the Order dated 31.01.2025 whereby the learned ASJ, Delhi has partly allowed the Appeal No.384/2024 and 265/2024 against the Order dated 22.06.2024, directing the Petitioner/Husband to continue to pay Rs.20,000/- per month as interim Maintenance, under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005(hereinafter referred to as “D.V. Act”). 2. Briefly stated, the Petitioner, Vikramjeet Rana got married to Respondent No.2, Manisha Rana on 18.05.2013 and one child was born from their wedlock, who is in the custody of the Respondent No.2/wife. The relationship between the Petitioner and his wife became sour and they started residing separately since 2021. The Respondent/wife filed a Petition under Section 12 “D.V. Act” wherein vide Order dated 16.11.2021, variou