( 1 ) THIS is an appeal filed by the wife from a judgment and decree of the learned District Judge allowing a petition filed by the husband for divorce.

( 2 ) THE short facts of the married life, and the litigation, are as follows. The parties were married on 12. 12. 1994 and a son was born to them on the 3rd day of January, 1996. The wife is a single issue of her parents but the husband had two other brothers, of whom one, a police officer was unfortunately killed.

( 3 ) THE parties resided with the parents of the husband at Mangultan village.

( 4 ) THE facts clearly show that the appellant all along wanted her husband to live separately with herself and not in joint mess with her-in-laws. Sometime on or about the 1st of June, 1996, the appellant left the matrimonial home with her son. But a sort of reconciliation was made on the date of their marriage anniversary i. e. 12. 12. 1996 the wife returned to the matrimonial home.

( 5 ) THEREAFTER on the 12th of February, 1997 she finally left the house of her in-laws with her son.

( 6 ) IT appears from the evidence that she left in the early morning, and empty handed.

( 7 ) THE respondent filed on 11. 4. 1997 a pet