A.K. Mathur, C.J.

1. This is a Letters Patent Appeal directed against the judgment of the learned Single Judge of this Court dated 6.8.1988 passed in First Appeal No. 174 of 1986, whereby the learned Single Judge has affirmed the judgment and decree passed by the District Judge, Durg. in Civil Suit No. 6-A/85 decided on 4.8.1988.

2. The brief facts giving rise to this appeal are thus : The appellant was married to the respondent on 25.6.1981. After the marriage they lived together as husband and wife at Durg. The marriage was not consummated as the respondent-wife was not keen for the same despite repeated demands by the appellant-husband. The appellant-husband came to know that the respondent-wife had illegitimate relations with her real uncle Raghuvir Prasad. The respondent-wife used to go away frequently to her father's place at Kawardha where she ultimately filed a petition under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure against the appellant-husband for maintenance and that was compromised in 1983. Thereafter, the couple had come back to Durg to live together. In March, 1984, while living with the husband, the respondent-wife filed a petition again before the Judicia