JUDGMENT :

R. SAKTHIVEL, J.

1. The husband is on appeal. Challenge is to the dismissal of his original petition on December 12, 2013 filed in IDOP No.165 of 2003 substantially on the ground of cruelty and desertion by the learned Principal District Judge, Chengalpattu.

2. For the sake of convenience, henceforth, the parties herein will be referred to as per their array in the Original Petition.

3. Brief facts of the case are as follows:

3.1. The parties got married on October 13, 1993 at C.S.I. Church, Mogalvadi, Madurantakam as per the Christian rites and customs, though the husband is originally a Hindu. It is the claim of the petitioner that, under the compulsion of the respondent, he converted to Christianity. They lived peacefully for two years. A male child was born out of their wed-lock on October 14, 1994, but the delivery of the child was not intimated to him. According to the husband, after the birth of child, he went to his in-law's house and called his wife home, however, she refused to join him. Her family members insisted him on setting up a separate living with his wife. The husband refused to set up a separate house since he is the elder son to his family having age old