1. A petition for dissolution of marriage under S.13 of the Hindu Marriage Act stands allowed by the order of the learned District Judge of Kozhikode by the judgment which is under appeal here. The appeal is at the instance of the wife who objected to the petition for divorce. We shall refer to the parties as they are arrayed in the petition for divorce. The petitioner, K. Kumaran, married the respondent P Indira Devi on 6-4-1975 and in that marriage they have a child On 1-9-1975, when the wife was pregnant, she is said to have left for her father's home along with the father but without getting the consent of the petitioner. She delivered a child there and thereafter the petitioner tried to take her back to his house but she refused. She instituted proceeding for maintenance before the Chief Judicial Magistrate as M. C. No. 108 of 1977 complaining that the husband was neglecting to maintain her and the child. When these proceedings came up, the petitioner offered to take his wife and the child with him and maintain them which offer was accepted by the respondent In furtherance of such offer the respondent accompanied the petitioner to the Calicut Pailway station in ord