Patna High Court

RANJEET KUMAR SINGHversusRANJU BHARTI

Decided: 15 April 2026
Disposal: DISPOSED
Bench: ALOK KUMAR PANDEY

Holding

The revision petition is disposed, and the maintenance order is modified to Rs 5,000 per month as per the parties’ settlement.

Summary

The petitioner sought revision of a family court order directing him to pay Rs 7,000 per month as maintenance to the respondent. Both parties presented an amicable settlement whereby the petitioner would pay Rs 5,000 per month in five equal installments, starting the first week of May 2026. The court, noting the settlement, modified the earlier maintenance order to reflect the agreed amount without examining the merits of the case. It ordered the petitioner to pay Rs 5,000 monthly into the respondent’s account and disposed of the revision petition. Both parties were left free to seek execution of the modified order, and the order was to be communicated to the lower family court.

Issues considered

Whether a revision petition can be disposed of on the basis of an amicable settlement between the parties.
Whether the family court's maintenance order can be modified to reflect the parties' agreed amount without a merits hearing.

Subjects

maintenance
family law
revision petition
amicable settlement
modification of order
execution of maintenance

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                   CRIMINAL REVISION No.556 of 2023
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                  RANJEET KUMAR SINGH son of Raj Kumar Singh Village- Dhrubgama, 6
                  Lane, Ps- Kalyanpur Dist- Samastipur.
                                                                            ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                  RANJU BHARTI wife of Ranjeet Kumar Singh D/o- late Babua Nr.
                  Choudhary Village- Makaspur Ps- Cheriya Bariyarpur Dist- Begusarai.
                                                                         ... ... Respondent/s
                  ======================================================
                  Appearance :
                  For the Petitioner/s   :      Mr. Dharmesh Kumar, Advocate
                  For the Respondent/s   :      Mr. Sandip Kumar Gautam, Advocate
                  ======================================================
                  CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                        ORAL ORDER
12   15-04-2026                 Heard the parties.

                                2. Learned counsel for both the parties submit that both

                    the parties have amicably agreed for an amount of Rs.3,50,000/-

                    (three lac fifty thousand) to settle the dispute regarding arrears of

                    maintenance allowance, in five equal installments within a year,

                    arising out of order dated 12.10.2022 passed by the learned

                    Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai. It is further submitted

                    that both parties have settled the dispute amicably regarding

                    quantum of maintenance amount i.e. Rs.5,000/- per month from

                    the first week of May, 2026.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                    petitioner is ready to pay monthly maintenance amount of

                    Rs.5,000/- from the first week of May, 2026 regularly in the

                    account of opposite party, namely, Ranju Bharti.

                                4. Learned counsel for opposite party does not

                    controvert the aforesaid submission made by the learned counsel
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                       for the petitioner as both parties have settled their dispute

                       amicably regarding the quantum of maintenance and they do not

                       want to pursue the matter further.

                                    5. In the light of aforesaid amicable settlement arrived

                       at between the parties, without going into the merit of the case, the

                       order dated 12.10.2022, passed by the learned Principal Judge,

                       Family Court, Begusarai by which the petitioner/respondent has

                       been directed to pay Rs. 7,000/- by the 5 th day of the month to the

                       respondent/applicant towards monthly maintenance is modified to

                       the extent that petitioner shall now pay Rs.5,000/- from the first

                       week of May, 2026 regularly in the account of opposite party,

                       namely, Ranju Bharti.

                                    6. Accordingly, the present revision petition stands

                       disposed of. However, both parties shall be at liberty to take

                       recourse of law for execution of the order of maintenance.

                                    7. Interlocutory application(s), if any, shall also stand

                       disposed of.

                                    8. Let this order be communicated to the court of

                       learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai in connection

                       with Maintenance Case No. 74/2012 / CIS No.511/2013.


                                               (Alok Kumar Pandey, J)
amitkumar/
K.C.Jha
U       T

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