V.B. Gupta, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the Appellant/Husband against the judgment dated 20.01.05 passed by Sh. J.P.S. Malik, Additional districts Judge, New Delhi whereby the Trial Court dismissed the divorce petition of the Appellant on the ground of cruelty/desertion.

2. Brief facts leading to the dispute are that the marriage between the parties was solemnized as per Sikh rites and ceremonies on 24.01.99 at Gurudwara Rakab Ganj, New Delhi. The Appellant and Respondent were relatives and Respondent is the daughter of maternal uncle of the Appellant. Out of the wedlock between the parties, a female child was born on 20.10.99.

3. It is alleged that immediately after the marriage, the Respondent started making demands from the Appellant to live separately from his parents and in the alternative shift to Dehradun where parents of the Respondent were residing and start his business there. Respondent used to pick up quarrel on petty matters. Soon after the parties returned from honeymoon, the Respondent at the instance of her parents reiterated her demand on 15.02.99 for having a separate residence and when petitioner expressed his inability, the Respondent sta