Vinod K.Sharma, J.

1. This appeal by the appellant-husband is directed against the judgment and decree dated 25.9.1998, passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Jagadhri, vide which the petition filed by the appellant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, has been ordered to be dismissed.

2. The appellant filed a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act on the pleadings, that the parties were married according to Hindu rites on 18.4.1984 at village Malakpur Bangar. Out of the wedlock, one daughter, who was aged about 12 years on the date of presentation of the petition, was born, and living with the appellant.

3. In the year 1992, the relations between the parties got strained, as the respondent-wife started going to her parents house very often unnecessarily and sometime even without the permission of the appellant. The appellant got suspicious and in the middle of September, 1992, when the respondent was at her parental home, the appellant also went there and he came to know that she was in the house of respondent No. 2, and he found them in a compromising position. In spite of having been caught, she did not desist from her activities and continu