T. MEENAKUMARI, J.

( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the order of the I Additional Senior Civil Judge, Ranga reddy District dated 24-9-1999 made in o. P. No. 128 of 1996 dismissing the same.

( 2 ) THE appellant is the husband. He filed the above O. P. under Section 13 (1) (ia) and (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short, the Act) for dissolution of the marriage between him and the respondent by a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion.

( 3 ) THE brief averments in the O. P. are as follows: The marriage between the appellant and the respondent took place on 6-3-1965 at Gudivada as per Hindu rites and custom and after the marriage they came down to eluru to live with his aged parents. It is stated that out of the said wed lock they were blessed with a daughter and three sons. According to the appellant, after the marriage he found that the respondent was behaving in a highly violent manner and used to pick up quarrels and threaten him that she would kill herself by jumping from the terrace or by pouring kerosene on herself. It is also his case that she used to illtreat his aged parents. The appellant further stated that due to the said extraordinary vio

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