JUDGMENT :

M.S. Ramachandra Rao, J.

1. This Appeal, under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 and under Order XXXXI Rule 1 r/w Section 96 of CPC, is directed against the judgment and decree dated 26.4.2003, passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Secunderabad, in O.S. No. 86 of 2001, wherein and whereby the leaned Judge partly decreed the suit filed by the respondent herein directing the appellant to pay an amount of Rs. 750/- p.m. to the respondent towards her maintenance.

2. The facts that led to the filing of the present appeal, succinctly, are as follows:

3. The respondent filed the above referred suit stating that her marriage with the appellant was performed as per caste custom and Hindu rites on 30.12.1996. After a short period of the marriage, the appellant started harassing her saying that he was not willing to marry her and only on account of compulsion from his parents, he agreed to marry her. The complaint of the respondent was that the mother of the appellant also tortured her and used her to scold her in filthy language. The appellant was incapable of taking any decision independently because he was under the control of his mother. The respondent was unable to ma