Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.

1. This appeal under Section 19 of the Family Court Act, 1984 is directed against the judgment and order dated 22.6.2009 passed by Additional Principal Judge (Additional Family Court) at Patna in Matrimonial Case No. 55 of 2001 (Rana Sujit Kumar Tuntun V/s. Jyoti Kumari) by which and whereunder the learned Additional Principal Judge dismissed the abovesaid Matrimonial suit on contest with cost.

2. The appellant (hereinafter referred to as husband) preferred the aforesaid Matrimonial Case under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 against the respondent (hereinafter referred to as wife) for divorce on the ground of desertion, cruelty and adultery.

3. The case of the husband is that his marriage was solemnized with the respondent-wife on 30.5.1997 according to Hindu rites and rituals. The couple was blessed with a female child on 28.6.1998. After the marriage, the wife came at the house of appellant (husband) but on 1.5.1999, she was taken away by her parents and thereafter, she never returned to her in-laws house though umpteen attempts were taken by the husband to take his wife to his house. Furthermore, the case of the husband is that whe