( 1 ) THIS appeal is at the instance of the petitioner husband Pranab Biswas and arises out of the judgment and order of dismissal passed by the Third Court of "the Additional District Judge, Howrah, on 31-8-1971 in Mat. Suit No. 1 of 1970.

( 2 ) STATED in short the petitioner's case was that he entered into a negotiated marriage with the respondent No. 1 on or about the 10th of Falgun 1372 B. S. , corresponding to the 22nd of February 1966. The marriage was solemnised according to the Hindu rites. Soon after the marriage the O. P. respondent No. 1 as bride went to the petitioner's house at Salkia and there she was found vomiting and ailing. On medical examination it was detected that she was pregnant at the time of marriage and had been carrying for about three or four months. The marriage had not been consumated between the parties and the petitioner got a rude shock on account of the unchastity of his spouse. The Respondent wife was first removed to a friend's house where she having admitted that she was in love with respondent No. 2 Ranjit Kumar Sinha Roy and had conceived through him, she was taken to the house of her father at Naihati and was left there. Th