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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD
K.Lakshman, Vakiti Ramakrishna Reddy
................ – Appellant
Versus
................ – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
K.Lakshman, J.
Heard Sri Ch. Siddhartha Sarma, learned counsel for the appellant in both the cases and Sri K.G. Krishna Murthy learned senior counsel representing Sri B. Krishna, learned counsel for the respondent.
2. In both the Appeals, the appellant is the husband and the respondent is his wife. Their marriage was performed at Sri Krishna Temple, Guruvayoor, Thrissur, Kerala State on 24.10.2011 as per Hindu rites and customs and it is an arranged marriage.
3. According to the appellant/husband, after the marriage, he and his wife went to Palakkad, where the parents of the respondent had taken a rented house, wherein they have stayed for two days. On 27.10.2011 they both went to the house of the appellant/husband at Bhopal and attended the reception of their wedding. On 30.10.2011, they both returned to Ernakulam and started living together in a house taken on rent by the appellant/husband at Kakkanad, Ernakulam since 01.11.2011.
4. The appellant/husband contended that after reaching their house at Kakkanad, the respondent/wife started behaving in a strange way and showing abnormal behavior, mental disorder like hysteria and it continued for a longer period. The appellant/h
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