Chiran sharma's query is very interesting: Since it ia a rirght of the wife to receive maintenance, it is purely personal right created by an order of a competent Court and is not assignable by the wife, and it is not liable to be attached in execution of a decree for money like judgment debtor. Now, the husband on becoming insolvent, if the Magistrate put him in prison, Question is, whether the imprisonment of the husband will be civil prison or criminal prison? If it is civil prison who will bear his expenditures in jail, the wife or the State? Now, the proceedings under 125 CrPc is civil proceedings, but the nature of the Court is Criminal and colour of the Court can not be change to that of the Civil Judge, if that is ight, can we hold that the imprisonment of the husband is criminal prison?