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2018 Supreme(Raj) 2098

IN THE HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN
Mr. Gopal Krishan Vyas and Mr. Ramchandra Singh Jhala, JJ.
Smt. Suman - Appellant
Versus
Vijay Kumar - Respondent
Civil Misc. Appeal Nos. 1538 of 2017 and 1562 of 2017
Decided On : 14-03-2018

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Ramprakash Prajapat, Adv., for the Appellant; Mr. N.K. Sharma and Ms. Khushbu Agarwal, Advs., for the Respondent

Headnote:

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Section 9 and 13(1) (A) - Demand dowry - Appeals have been filed by appellant- wife against order marriage of appellant with Respondent was solemnized on No issue was born to them after marriage - After marriage appellant-wife came to know that respondent consumes wine smack and respondent-husband was having illicit relations with various ladies and also torturing her physically and mentally for sexual intercourse - Her husband demanded lakhs for work in Mumbai and on showing in-capabilities she was beaten - When she said that her parents are poor and have spent more than their capacity then her husband and his family members were giving her beatings and threatened to kill her – Held, In view of above discussions are satisfied that finding given by family court is based on material available on record - Family court has neither misread any evidence available on record nor overlooked any evidence available on record and has given sound reasoning on its finding - Therefore family court has not erred in deciding issues against appellant and in favor of respondent-Vijay Kumar and has rightly rejected application filed by appellant under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act and also has rightly allowed application filed by respondent of Hindu Marriage Act - Appeal dismissed

JUDGMENT

Ramchandra Singh Jhala, J. - Both these appeals have been filed by the appellant- wife against the order dated 30.1.2017 passed by Family Court, Sri Ganganagar in Civil Misc. Case No.1031/2014 whereby the learned family court dismissed the application under Section 13(1) (A) Hindu Marriage Act filed by the appellant and allowed the application under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 filed by the respondent-husband.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the marriage of the appellant with the respondent was solemnized on 8.5.2014. No issue was born to them after the marriage. After marriage, the appellant-wife came to know that respondent consumes wine, smack and respondent-husband was having illicit relations with various ladies and also torturing her physically and mentally for sexual intercourse. Her husband demanded Rs.2 lakhs for work in Mumbai and on showing in-capabilities she was beaten. When she said that her parents are poor and have spent more than their capacity then her husband and his family members were giving her beatings and threatened to kill her. Till after one month and 15 days of the marriage behaviour of respondent and his family members remained unchanged and demanding motor cycle and cash in dowry then she said to her parents, upon which in the month of June 2014 they convened panchayat at her matrimonial house wherein the respondent and their family members accepted their mistake and assured not to torture the appellant for dowry in future. After some time her husband and his family members again started demanding dowry. Her husband used to come in intoxicated condition in the night and brutally beat and abused her and on 29.7.2017 her husband and his family members gave her beating for demand of motor cycle and in the night they expelled her from the house. The parents of the appellant by convening panchayats two - three times tried to settle the dispute and on 24.8.2014 panchayat was convened at her parental house but in that panchayat her husband and his family members were adamant for their demand of dowry and threatened for second marriage of her husband. On demand of stridhan, they refused to return the same and since 29.7.2014 the appellant is living at her parental house.

3. Thereafter the appellant-wife filed an application under Section 13(1)(A) of Hindu Marriage Act before the learned Family Court, Sri Ganganagar and another application under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act was filed by the respondent-husband.

4. The appellant-wife and respondent-husband filed their respective replies to the aforesaid applications and they denied all the facts of the respective applications and respondent-husband stated that behaviour of the appellant-wife after the marriage was quarrelsome and she without any plausible reason quarreling with the respondent and his family members on petty issues. In the panchayat convened on 24.8.2014, the respondent-husband shown his readiness and willingness to keep the appellant being wife but the appellant-wife was not ready to live with respondent being wife and threatened to lodge a false case of dowry. The appellant lodged a criminal case against the respondent which is pending. It is further stated by the respondent-husband that the appellant-wife left his house in his absence and carried the stridhan without any plausible reason.

5. In reply to the application under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act filed by the respondent-husband, the appellant-wife has stated that the respondent is person of debauchery nature and addict of inebriated. The respondent was torturing physically and mentally to the appellant. The respondent was not allowing the appellant to go her parental house and while showing the vulgar pictures and films trying to commit sexual intercourse as per the film. The respondent-husband levelled false allegations against the appellant. The

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