R.L Anand, J. - Husband Dr. Parminder Charan Singh has filed the present appeal No. 48-M of 1999 and it has been directed against the judgment dated 22.2.1999 passed by the Court of Additional District Judge, Chandigarh, who dismissed the petition of the petitioner-appellant under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for the annulment of marriage on the ground of fraud committed upon him by the respondent-Harjit Kaur.

2. The brief facts of the case are that parties were married on 28.1.1990 according to the Hindu Rites and Ceremonies (Sikh) at Local Gurdwara at Delhi. It was registered with the Registrar of Marriages on 30.1.1990. The marriage was initially consumated at Delhi and other parts of the country. Thereafter, the appellant went to Germany in February, 1990. The respondent also joined the appellant in Germany in March, 1990.

3. The case set up by the appellant is that respondent came to India in June, 1990 to see her parents and then she went back to Germany in September, 1990. After about 3-4 months of her stay there, the respondent started showing her true colours and the mother of the appellant was informed on telephone by her son i.e. the appellant, tha