Uttarakhand High Court
C528/241/2026 on 9 March, 2026
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C528 No.241 of 2026
Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.
Mr. Pawan Mishra, Advocate for the
applicant.
2. According to the applicant, the
respondent instituted an application
under Sections 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21
and 22 of the Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act, 2005 against the
applicant and his family members before
the Court of IIIrd Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Dehradun. The said
application was partly allowed vide order
dated 20.07.2024, whereby, apart from
granting a protection order, the applicant
was directed to pay a sum of ₹4,000/-
per month towards maintenance to the
respondent. It was further directed that
in the event the respondent resides in
rented accommodation, the expenditure
towards rent shall be borne by the
applicant. Subsequently, the respondent
filed an execution application. The
Executing Court, vide order dated
03.06.2025, directed the applicant to pay
a sum of ₹53,000/- to the respondent.
Aggrieved by the said order dated
03.06.2025, the applicant preferred a
Criminal Appeal before the learned
Sessions Judge, Dehradun. The learned
Sessions Judge, Dehradun, vide
judgment dated 31.01.2026, dismissed
the said appeal. Hence, the present
Criminal Miscellaneous Application.
3. Learned counsel for the applicant
submits that a bare perusal of the rent
agreement would reveal that the stamp
paper on which the said rent agreement
has been executed was issued on
09.10.2025, whereas the rent agreement
itself is shown to have been executed on
01.06.2025. On the basis of the
aforesaid discrepancy, it is contended
that the rent agreement is a forged and
fabricated document and that the
respondent is, in fact, residing with her
parents and not in any rented
accommodation. Learned counsel for the
applicant further undertakes, on behalf
of his client, that the applicant shall pay
the maintenance amount of ₹4,000/- per
month along with the arrears within a
period of fifteen days from today.
4. Issue notice to the respondent,
returnable at an early date.
5. List the matter after receipt of the
service report.
6. In the meanwhile, if the applicant
pays the monthly maintenance of
₹4,000/- along with the arrears within
fifteen days from today, the effect and
operation of the impugned orders dated
03.06.2025 and 31.01.2026, shall
remain stayed, till the next date of
listing.
(Alok Mahra, J.)
09.03.2026
Arpan