JUDGMENT :

K. MANMADHA RAO, J.

1. The present Second Appeal is preferred by the appellant aggrieved by the Decree and Judgment dated 18.09.2019 passed in A.S. No. 102 of 2016 on the file of XI Additional District Judge, Tenali, confirming the decree and judgment dated 29.03.2016 passed in O.S No. 169 of 2014 on the file of Principal Senior Civil Judge, Tenali.

2. The appellant is the defendant and the respondents are plaintiffs in O.S. No. 169 of 2014 on the file of Principal Senior Civil Judge, Tenali.

3. For convenience the parties are hereinafter referred to as arrayed before the XI Additional District Judge, Tenali in A.S. No. 102 of 2016.

4. Brief facts of the case are that the 1st plaintiff married the defendant on 27.04.1990. Out of their wedlock, they blessed with daughter who is the 2nd plaintiff/2nd respondent herein. The defendant’s mother used to harass the 1st plaintiff by demanding to bring additional dowry. The defendant also used to harass her at the instance of his mother. The defendant and his mother got abortion to 1st plaintiff in the month of November 1990 and they driven out the 1st plaintiff for want of additional dowry of Rs.1,00,000/-and thereafter the father of