( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment passed by the learned Additional District Judge, 14th Court, Alipore, 24-Parganas (S) on 1-8-1989 in Matrimonial Suit No. 32 of 1987 by which the learned Court below dissolved the marriage between the parties of the suit underthe Hindu Marriage Act, by a decree of divorce. The said suit was filed by the husband/respondent on 7th of October, 1985 on the allegations of cruelty under S. 13 (I) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

( 2 ) BRIEFLY stated the case of the plaintiff/ respondent is as follows :-THE marriage of the parties was solemnized according to Hindu rites and ceremonies on 9th February, 1982. At the time of the marriage wife /appellant was residing with her father at Udaipur, Rajasthan where she was born and brought up. During their stay at the official quarters provided by Durgapur Steel Plant after the marriage, the wife/appellant showed unusual habits and temperament and behaved with the husband/ respondent very rudely with absolute indifference towards the need of the husband/ respondent. She demonstrated abnormal sexual behaviour from the very beginning of the marriage. She was found very muc