1. Heard Mr. S.K. Ghosh, learned counsel for the appellant. None appears for the respondent.

2. This Second Appeal has been preferred against the judgment and decree dated 11.08.2003 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Nagaon, in Title Appeal No. 15/2003 dismissing the appeal and affirming the judgment and decree dated 10.02.2003 in Title Suit No. 20/2001.

3. The present appellant as plaintiff had filed Title Suit No. 20/2001 against the respondent as the sole defendant, inter alia, seeking a declaratory decree to the effect that there is no relationship of husband and wife between the plaintiff and the defendant. The plaintiff's version, as narrated in the plaint, is that initially the plaintiff's marriage was settled with the defendant to be solemnized on 03.10.96 in the house of the defendant at village No. 1, Kaki. Accordingly, on 03.10.1996 the plaintiff being accompanied by his friends and relatives went to the house of the defendant for the purpose of solemnization of the marriage. The plaintiff and his party were also received by the defendant's side with lot of warmth and cordiality. However, when the marriage was just about to be solemnized a