SMT KRISHNA KUMARI vs SH SURENDER SINGH

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 01.09.2025 + CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 73/2024 & CRL.M.A. 32341/2024 SMT KRISHNA KUMARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. K.S Negi, Mr. Nikhil Rajput, Mr. Pranav Jagati and Mr. Piyush Negi, Advocates alongwith Petitioner. versus SH SURENDER SINGH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shaharyar Ali, Advocate alongwith Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. This revision petition has been preferred by the petitioner, assailing the order dated 03.09.2024 [hereafter „impugned order‟], passed by the learned Judge, Family Courts, South District, Saket, New Delhi [hereafter „Family Court‟], by way of which the application (Misc Crl. 9/2018) filed by the petitioner under Section 127 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [hereafter „Cr.P.C.‟], seeking enhancement of amount of maintenance, came to be dismissed. 2. The brief facts of the case, as disclosed in the petition, are that CRL.REV.P.(MAT) 73/2024 Page 1 of 14 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:01.09.2025 17:09:17 the marriage between the petitioner-wife and the respondent-husband was solemnized on 28.04.1990. No child was born from the wedlock. The petitioner alleges that she was subjected to physical and mental harassment by the respondent and his family, including on account of dowry demands. It is her case that the respondent deserted her on 07.02.1992 and began residing with his parents. The record reveals that the respondent had filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights against the petitioner, which was dismissed on 16.05.1997. He thereafter instituted divorce proceedings (HMA 787/2001) and in the said petition, the concerned Court had granted interim maintenance o