M.M.S. BEDI, J.

1. Aggrieved by the dismissal of her petition for divorce, the appellant-wife has preferred this appeal.

2. As per the allegations of the appellant, she was married to the respondent on 20.10.2013. To highlight the grounds of cruelty, it is pleaded in the petition that the respondent was addicted to vices of gambling, drinking and consuming medical intoxicants and he used to spend all money available with him on the said vices. He used to beat the appellant under the influence of liquor and intoxicants. The parties, after marriage, had gone to Australia on 13.04.2015 but the behaviour of the respondent, at Australia, was also not good. He pressurised the appellant to bring Rs.8 lac from her father from India and when she expressed her inability to meet the said demand, she was beaten up by the respondent. Compelled with the circumstances, she returned to India on 02.07.2015. The matter was brought to the notice of parents of the respondent on 09.07.2015. She was pressurised to bring money from her father and on account of non-fulfilling the said demand, she was thrown out of the matrimonial home.

3. The respondent contested the petition claiming that the appe