M.R. Verma, J.—This appeal under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act (hereafter referred to as the Act) has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment and decree dated 3.2.1999, passed by the learned District Judge, Una, in H.M.A. Petition No. 13/1996, whereby a decree of divorce by dissolving the marriage between the parties has been granted in favour of the respondent.

2. Brief facts leading to the presentation of this appeal are as follows: The respondent herein instituted a petition under Section 13(l)(ia)(ib) of the Act against the appellant for a decree for divorce. His case, as made out in the petition, is that the marriage between the parties was solemnised on May 11, 1986 according to the Hindu rites at village Khad, Teh. and District Una. After the marriage, parties lived and cohabited as husband and wife at Yamuna Nagar and a female child named Puja was born out of the wedlock on 1.4.1987. While residing at Yamuna Nagar after the marriage, the appellant started compelling the respondent to leave Yamuna Nagar and to reside at her parents house at village Khad and to serve her parents. The respondent, however, advised the appellant to the contrary. The a