Mehar, Payment of mehar money, as a customary discharge, is within the cognizance of s. 127, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. The purpose of the payment 'under any customary or personal law' must be to obviate destitution of the divorcee and to provide her with wherewithal to maintain herself, Bai Tahira v. Ali Hussain Fissalli Chothia, AIR 1979 SC 362 (366): (1979) 2 SCC 316: (1979) 2 SCR 75.
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