Guwahati, June 6 -- The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday allowed a woman to live separately from her husband while affirming her right to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC.

The court's decision came after acknowledging the wife had compelling reasons to leave the marital home, including unfounded suspicions from her husband regarding their child's fair complexion and subsequent physical abuse.

Presiding over the case, Justice Parthivjyoti Saika observed, "The petitioner and the respondent have dark complexions, but their child has a fair complexion." That is the reason why the dispute between the wife and the husband arose. The husband started to physically harass the wife and drove her out of the matrimonial house along with the child....