1. This appeal, by the husband, is directed against an order of dismissal of his petition under S.13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). The case of the appellant-husband is that he was married with respondent 1 Smt. Raj Kumari Devi in June, 1955 and the Rokshadi of respondent 1 was performed in the month of February, 1964. After the Rokshadi respondent 1 stayed in the petitioners house for three days only, whereafter she was taken away by respondent 3 Narsingh Prasad Singh, who is the son of her Phupha. Respondent 1 was again brought to the petitioners village Nimi in May, 1964 and this time she stayed there for about a month, whereafter respondent 3 again took her, firstly to his own village on the ground of illness of his mother and from there to her fathers place. After one and a half month she was again brought to Nimi and she stayed in the house of the petitioner, sometime at Nimi and sometime at Patna for a total period of one year. In Jan. 1966 respondent 1 again went to her fathers place and returned to her husband after staying there for more than a year. By the conduct of respondent 1 the petitioner and his family members got an