Indrani Datta, J.

1. Appellant-wife has assailed the judgment and decree dated 7-8-2008 passed by the Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Gwalior in HMA No. 205-A/06, by which petition filed by respondent-husband under Section 13(1) (i-a) and 13(1) (i-b) of Hindu Marriage Act stood allowed on the ground of desertion and the marriage between the parties has been dissolved.

2. The respondent-husband filed a petition for divorce against the appellant-wife. For the sake of convenience wife is referred to as "appellant" and husband is referred to as "respondent".

3. Brief facts for adjudication of present appeal are that the respondent filed a divorce petition alleging that he was married with appellant on 21-2-2000 in Gwalior. After the marriage, the appellant lived with him only for four days and thereafter she returned to her parental home and did not come back and she is living separately from the respondent without any sufficient cause. On 23-6-2005 respondent's sister's marriage took place and appellant attended the wedding ceremony but without meeting respondent and his parents, she returned back to her father's home. At that time she took away ornaments worth Rs. 50,0