Criminal Procedure Code, 1973
Section 125—Claim of maintenance by parents-in-law from their widow daughter-in-law—Entitlement—Parents-in-law are not entitled to receive maintenance from their widow daughter-in-law as they are not coming under the relation mentioned in Section 125 of CrPC—Appointment of widow daughter-in-law was not on a compassionate ground in place of her husband—Second respondent (mother-in-law of petitioner) has also received a handsome amount after the death of deceased son—No case made out by parents-in-law to claim maintenance from their widow daughter-in-law—Continuance of proceedings would be an abuse of process law and same is quashed—Petition allowed.
[Paras 8 & 9]
Decision : Petition allowed