Hon’ble Dinesh Gupta, J.—This First Appeal is preferred against the judgment and decree passed by Additional District Judge, Ballia in Original Suit No. 315 of 2001 (Santosh Kumar v. Sunita Devi) decided on 6.9.2002 decreeing the suit of the petitioner for the relief of divorce.

2. The brief facts which give rise to this appeal are that original suit No. 315 of 2001 was filed by respondent-petitioner (hereinafter called the respondent) against Savita Devi opposite party-appellant (hereinafter called the appellant) for the relief of declaring the marriage between the parties as null and void. This petition was based on the allegation that the respondent belonged to District Ballia and is from a very reputed family having agricultural land, other business establishment, shops etc. The respondent has graduated from Allahabad University in May, 2000. The appellant’s father came to the house of the respondent for the purpose of settling marriage of the appellant with the respondent and the marriage between the parties settled and on 24.2.2001, the marriage was solemnised with all Hindu Rites and the appellant came to the house of the respondent on 25.2.2001. Soon after the marri