Vibha Kankanwadi, J.

1. Present appeal has been filed by original petitioner husband who had filed petition for divorce under Section 13(1) (i-a) of Hindu Marriage Act bearing Hindu Marriage Petition No. 155 of 2006 before 2nd Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Jalgaon. The present respondent is the original respondent wife.

2. It is an admitted fact that, the marriage between petitioner and respondent took place at Solapur in a Mass Marriage Program as per Hindu customs and rites on 16.12.1999. It is also admitted that, after marriage petitioner was transferred to Jalgaon, and petitioner and respondent both started residing at Jalgaon since June 2000. It is also not in dispute that, for about three to four years immediately after the marriage there was no dispute between them.

3. The petitioner had come with a case that, after three to four years of marriage, the respondent started visiting to house of her parents two to three times in a year and used to reside there for about three months. When petitioner made enquiry, he came to know that the respondent had married earlier and from her earlier marriage, she had two children. However, petitioner was unaware about the said