M.M.Kumar, J.

1. This appeal filed under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for brevity, the Act) is directed against the judgment dated 2.2.1995 passed by the Additional District Judge, Ambala dismissing the petition preferred by the appellant seeking divorce under Section 13 of the Act.

2. The facts, in brief, are that the parties were united in the wedlock on 22.6.1986 at Ambala Cantt by performing Anand Karaj as per Sikh rites. They lived together after the marriage and co-habited. A male child, namely, Gagandeep Singh was born out of the wedlock on 10.3.1989 at Palampur where the appellant was posted as Junior Engineer.

3. The allegation levelled in the petition reveals that the respondent-wife was not interested in maintaining matrimonial relations with the appellant-husband since the very beginning. She had threatened to involve the appellant-husband and his family members in false criminal cases on numerous occasions. It has been alleged that the father of the respondent-wife concealed material facts with regard to her from the appellant-husband before marriage. Despite that, it is pleaded that the appellant-husband had tried to maintain matrimonial relatio