India, Nov. 6 -- A Pimpri court has directed a peon working in the office of the deputy engineer (inspection), Osmanabad, to pay Rs.15,000 monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and son, besides Rs.25,000 compensation for mental and physical harassment, following a legal battle spanning more than 10 years.

Judicial Magistrate First Class Sharad N Gawali passed the order on November 2, while partly allowing an application filed by his wife Geeta Parimal under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

The court directed Avinash Parimal to pay Rs.7,500 each per month to his wife and son from the date of the final order. It also ordered him to clear arrears from January 6, 2016, when the application was filed, at the rate...