ORDER :- This is a revision by the husband and arises out of a petition filed by his wife (opposite party) under S. 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 hereinafter referred to as the Act for a decree for judicial separation, payment of permanent alimony and maintenance at the rate of Rs. 500/- per month and return of ornaments, clothes, certificates and degrees detailed at the foot of the petition. The claim for judicial separation was found on allegations of mental and physical cruelty.

2. Undisputably the applicant and the opposite party were Hindus within the meaning of S. 2 of the Act and were married according to the Hindu rites and customs at Allahabad on the 25th June, 1974. After their marriage they lived as husband and wife at Allahabad till December 1974 and during this period, it is alleged by the wife that various forms of physical and mental cruelty, were practised on her by the applicant and the members of his family. Ultimately on the 6th Dec. 1974, the opposite-party s mother came to Allahabad and she accompanied her to Bareilly to her father s house. It is alleged that on the 18th Dec. 1974 the applicant went to Bareilly to the house of the father of the opposite-par

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