Under section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, a Magistrate of the first class may…

Section 144(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly s.125 CrPC) permits a maintenance order in favour of the person's wife unable to maintain herself; his legitimate or illegitimate child, whether married or not, unable to maintain itself; his legitimate or illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who has attained majority but is unable to maintain itself because of physical or mental abnormality or injury; and his "Father or mother unable to maintain himself or herself". A "Minor younger brother", an "Uncle unable to maintain himself" and a "Widowed sister" are not among the persons listed in section 144, so they cannot claim maintenance under it.