JUDGMENT :

S. B. PD. SINGH, J.

Heard the parties.

2. The appellant-husband (Alok Kumar) has come up in this appeal against judgment and decree dated 11.09.2018 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Muzaffarpur in Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No. 211 of 2013 whereby the petition filed by the appellant under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT , 1955 (in short 'the 1955 Act') seeking dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, has been dismissed.

3. Succinctly, the marriage of appellant- Alok Kumar was solemnized with respondent-Anupma Singh on 2^nd December 2010 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. The marriage was solemnized and performed at Lichhavi Hotel, Imlichatti, Muzaffarpur. The marriage was duly consummated; however, no child was born from the wedlock.

4. The pleaded case of appellant-husband in his petition filed under Section 13 (1)(i-a) of the 1955 Act was that appellant was employed in Merchant Navy. The marriage with the appellant was arranged one. The case of the appellant, in short is that appellant got married with respondent Anupma Singh on 02.12.2010 according to Hindu rites and rituals. The marriage was solemnized and performed at Lichhavi Hote