( 1 ) THE history of this matrimonial litigation by the husband Bejoy Daw, now appellant, against his wife Aloka Daw, now respondent, for restitution of conjugal rights divides itself into four stages-I. August 14, 1957, when Bejoy aged 30 or thereabouts and Aloka aged 20 or thereabouts, Hindus both, were married according to Hindu rites, to May 1s58, when Bejoy reached Aloka from the matrimonial home to her mother's place at 92-A Bhupendra Bose Avenue, Calcutta, for her impending confinement. II. February 3, 1958, from when Bejoy started inflicting upon Aloka vitriolic letters, to November 26, 1958, when Bejoy sent his younger brother with a chit to Aloka, making a peremptory demand for return, through the bearer of the chit, of all ornaments and articles given her by all his people, threatening her with dire consequences in case of non-compliance with such ultimatum, and carrying out the threat by having swooped down upon his wife's place an act which led to a rough and-tumble or maramari, as both Bejoy and Aloka, in the midst of their so many differences, put it in their evidence. During this period, to be precise, on or about July 20, 1958, Aloka was deli