RAJNI Vs. RAKESH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE appeal has been filed by Smt. Rajni -appellant -wife against the judgment and decree dated 8.1.2014 passed by District Judge, Family Court, Bhiwani, whereby petition of the appellant seeking dissolution of marriage between the parties by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty and desertion as envisaged by the provisions of Section 13 (1) (ia) and (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 ('Act' for short), has been dismissed.

(2.) THE marriage between the parties was solemnized at Bhiwani according to Hindu rites and ceremonies on 8.12.2010. From the marriage, the parties have no issue. According to the appellant, her

(3.) THE respondent -husband contested the petition. He denied the allegations for demand of dowry. It is alleged that the behaviour of the appellant from the very inception of the marriage was abnormal towards the respondent and his family members. The respondent performed his obligations as a good husband and provided all amenities and facilities to his wife. In the absence of the respondent and his family members, Deepak, brother of the appellant, came to the house of the respondent on 18.3.2011 and took the appellant with him to her parental home with all the valuable clothes, gold and silver jewellery. The respondent went to the parental home of the appellant three/four times to bring her with him, but the appellant and her parents flatly refused. The respondent convened a panchayat to settle the matter but parents of the appellant flatly refused to send her with him. They threatened that they would involve the respondent and his family members in a criminal case. It is stated that the appellant herself had withdrawn from the society of the respondent. It was prayed that the petition of the appellant be dismissed.