JUDGMENT

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE R. Mukhopadhyay, J.

1. Heard Mr. Sahil, learned counsel appearing for the appellant, Mr. Ankit Apurva, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no.1 and Mr. Sajid Yunus, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no.2.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 24.04.2018 (decree signed on 04.05.2018) passed by Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Koderma in O.S. No. 08 of 2016, whereby and whereunder the Suit preferred by the appellant for dissolution of marriage with the respondent has been dismissed.

3. For the sake of convenience, both the parties are referred to in this judgment as per their status before the learned court below.

4. A Suit was preferred by the petitioner (appellant herein) under Section 13(1)(i) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 against the respondent no.1 (respondent no. 1 herein also) in which inter-alia it has been stated that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized in the year 2003 at village Jharkhi, District Giridih as per Hindu rites and customs. After marriage, the petitioner and the respondent lived together as husband and wife at village Markacho