The term ‘maintenance’ means the act of maintaining someone, i.e; providing financial support to a person. It is believed that it is a fundamental duty of a man to maintain his wife, children and parents. Section 125 to Section 128 of the Criminal Procedure Code gives effect to this fundamental duty. According to the provision of CrPC, maintenance means an obligation and duty to provide for certain basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, education, health care and so on. The term maintenance has broad meaning under CrPC.