RAJ KUMAR vs POONAM SHARMA

* I N T H E H I G H CO U RT O F DE L H I AT NE W DE L H I Reserved on: April 24, 2026 % Pronounced on: May 06, 2026 CRL.REV.P. 485/2018 & CRL.M.As. 10288/2018, 33983/2019 SH. RAJ KUMAR ..…Petitioner Through: Ms. Madhumita Kothari, Advocate (Through VC) Versus SMT. POONAM SHARMA ..…Respondent Through: Ms. Indu Kaul, Mr. Abhishekh Sahu and Mr. Vijender, Advocates Ms. Nidhi Mohan Parashar, Amicus Curiae with Mr. Vikrant Kumar and Mr. Amar Bajpayee, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. By virtue of the present petition under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19731, the petitioner/ husband seeks setting aside of the order dated 27.02.20182 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi3 in M. No.27/2012 whereby the respondent/ wife has been held entitled to maintenance of Rs.3,000/- per month under Section 125 CrPC to be paid by the petitioner till she is alive/ gets remarried, 1 Hereinafter ‘CrPC’ 2 Hereinafter ‘impugned order’ 3 Hereinafter ‘Family Court’ CRL.REV.P. 485/2018 2. Succinctly put, marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnised on 26.05.2009 at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh a