PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- While setting aside a family court order granting maintenance to a minor girl under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the Allahabad high court has directed that first a DNA test be done to ascertain her correct parentage, which was a plea raised earlier by her father but was rejected by the family court.

Passing this directive, the court observed that in cases involving peculiar facts and circumstances, both the father and the daughter have every right to know the biological truth. The court noted that if the biological father is not known, it will continue to trouble both of them throughout their lives.

Justice Madan Pal Singh passed this order dated March 17 on a criminal revision petition filed...