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ORDER FAZAL-E‑AKBAR, J.‑This petition for special leave to appeal arises out of an application filed under section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the respondent, Mst. Parveen Akhtar, against her father, petitioner Alaf Din, for grant of maintenance allowance. The respondent Mst. Parveen Akhtar is aged 22 years and is studying in the Government College, Campbellpur. A Magistrate has ordered her father Alaf Din to pay to her Rs. 40 per month as maintenance allowance and his order has been upheld till the High Court. Alaf Din seeks special leave to appeal to this Court. Mr. Peer Bakhsh Khan, the learned counsel, has contended that Mst. Parveen Akhtar would not come under the word "child" occurring in section 488, Cr. P. C There seems to be…