MAINTAINABILITY Of SECTION 125 CRPC Section 125 of the CrPC contains the provision that if a wife is unable to maintain herself. maintenance should be provided. Danial Latifi V UO. while dealing with the dichotomy arisine out of Section 125 and the Muslim Women Act 1986. interpreted the legislative intention behind the section. This section was to ensure that the marginalised sections of the community such as women. children and aged people are provided with the facilities required mall training themes es and forever ting vagrancy and creates an obligation by law to de In the case of lqbal Bano v UP held that Section 125 was open to all Muslim Woman since it was a beneficial legislation and reiterated that its nature is that of a civil law. Further. in the case of Shabana Bano vImran Khan. which is very relevant to the factual matrix given in the question, the SC held that the maintenance, of a wife from her husband, under the CrPC continues even after the Iddat period. This continue
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