JUDGMENT :

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE R. MUKHOPADHYAY

1. Heard Mr. Ankit Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant and Mr. A. K. Trivedi, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 21.07.2022 (decree signed on 01.08.2022) passed by Shri Shambhu Lal Shaw, learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Hazaribag in Original Suit No. 249 of 2018 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. The petitioner – husband (appellant herein) had preferred a suit for dissolution of his marriage with the respondent – wife (respondent herein also) in which inter-alia it has been stated that the marriage of the petitioner was solemnized with the respondent on 23.04.2017 at Hotel Guru Nanak Palace, Hazaribag as per Hindu rites and customs. After marriage, both started residing at the parental house of the petitioner situated at mohalla Suresh Colony, Hazaribag. No issue was born out of the said wed-lock. It has been stated that after a few days of