C.R. Sarma, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment and order, dated 19.06.2001, passed by the learned District Judge, Kokrajhar, in T.S. (D) No. 22/92. The Appellant, as Petitioner, instituted a suit for dissolution of his marriage with the Respondent/opposite party, under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. By the impugned judgment and order, the learned District Judge, dismissed the suit for divorce. Hence, the Appellant-Petitioner has carried the appeal to this Court.

2. The Appellant-Petitioner's case, in short, may be stated as follows:

The marriage between the Appellant-Petitioner and the Respondent/opposite party was solemnized on 22.04.1990 according to Hindu rites and customs and, thereafter, the said couple used to live as husband wife in the marital home. After about two months from the date of the said marriage, the Respondent/opposite party left the marital home, and, thereafter, she again joined the Appellant-Petitioner in her marital home for a short period i.e. on the day of Biswakarma puja. Subsequently, during her stay in her parents house, the Respondent/opposite party gave birth of a female child and after the birth of the said child als