JAGANMOHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a petition by the wife for declaring her marriage to be null and void on the ground that she was forced to enter into marriage with the respondent. According to the petition and the evidence of the petitioner It appears that the petitioner who was born on 4-3-1933 was about 16 years in 1949 studying in school. Proposal for marriage with the respondent was brought by her parents, but the petitioner resisted the same and expressed her unwillingness to enter into the marriage. Notwithstanding this, her parents set their minds to get through this marriage and on the marriage day in spite of her protest, her father, mother and sister forcibly prepared her for it and wanted to take her to the church. Even there she protested and refused to get into car. But the parents forced her in the car and forced, her out of it at the church. Even at the church, according to the evidence of the petitioner, she refused to sign the register and again the father of the girl forced her to do so. Thereafter, nuptials were arranged. But the petitioner refused to go to the house of the respondent. The next day they tried to arrange the nuptials in the house of the petitio

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