Kiran Anand Lall, J.

1. The petition of the husband-appellant under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, seeking divorce from the wife-respondent on the ground of cruelty, having been dismissed by the trial Court, he has challenged that verdict in this appeal.

2. Parties had got married on 21.4.1995 at Ambala (Haryana), according to Hindu rites. A female child, Khushboo Goyal, was born out of this wedlock on 6.6.1996. The case of appellant is that respondent is a hot tampered lady, and from the very beginning, she had started nagging and abusing him in the presence of his friends and relatives. Out of his three brothers, one resided at Ludhiana and the other, at Khanna. His third brother had short eye-sight and he also could not walk. The appellant was, thus, the only person who could support him and old parents. The respondent, however, had been compelling him to reside separately, from his parents. Whenever he tried to make her understand his inability to fulfill this demand, she insulted him. On 30.4.1995 also, when she put forward similar demand and he did not accede to it, she denied access to him for having sexual intercourse with her and gave a tooth bite on his lef