( 1 ) THIS appeal is at the instance of a wife in a suit for divorce and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 31st july, 1998 passed by the Additional District Judge, 8th Court, Alipore in matrimonial Suit No. 61 of 1993 thereby granting a decree for divorce in favour of the husband on the ground of cruelty,

( 2 ) THE aforesaid suit was filed by the husband alleging cruelty on the part of the present appellant and the case made out by the husband may be summed up thus: (a) The parties were married on 27th January, 1989 and thereafter they lived together as husband and wife in the residence of husband at 93/a, Kalighat Road. The said marriage was the outcome of negotiation through newspaper. (b) After about six months from the date of marriage, the husband started receiving letters from anonymous persons alleging that the wife had pre-marital affairs with many persons, that she was even raped by some persons who were convicted, that she underwent abortion to cause miscarriage of two babies and that she had been the mother of a child. The husband wanted to verify the authenticity of those allegations from the wife but the wife did not reply to t