1. The petitioner - husband is aggrieved by the judgment dated 8-11-1995 in Civil Suit No. 55 - A of 1992 by 3rd Additional District Judge, Raipur, whereby the application under S.12(1)(b) and (c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), was dismissed.

2. It is not disputed that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 20-6-1991.

3. The petition under S.12(1)(b) and (c) of the Act for annulment of the marriage was filed on the ground that on 21st June 1991 during cohabitation, the respondent was wholly unresponsive, cold and made nauseating gestures and lay like a corpse. Thereafter, the respondent used to be silent and used to make smiling gestures for no reason, although she remained calm and quite when asked about it. Her thinking was incoherent and behaviour unusual. It was noticed that she used to mutter that either she is goddess of purity ravaged by a demon or was kindled with spirit which would shatter her life. She always appeared to be sleepless and many a times showed emotional outburst either by weeping or by thumping of feet and hands etc., intending to show that she hated the petitioner. She used to sit in t