1.This appeal, in a matrimonial case, is by the husband and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 22-9-2004 passed by 3rd Additional District Judge, Bilaspur in Civil Suit No. 14 - A / 2004 whereby the petition for dissolution of marriage filed under S.5(i)(b) read with S.12, S.13(1)(iii) and S.13(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'the Act') by the appellant / husband has been dismissed.

2. Facts of the case in brief are as under : -

(i) The marriage between the appellant Mithilesh Shrivastava and the respondent Smt. Kiran Shrivastava was solemnized on 16-4-1998, as per Hindu Rites and Customs. No child was born from the wedlock. The marriage, according to the appellant, lasted up to 11-1-2000.

(ii) According to the appellant, immediately after marriage, the appellant noticed some abnormal behaviour of the respondent. He earlier informed Smt. Indu Verma, who was a mediator in the marriage, on telephone and then to the parents of the respondent and afterwards remained requesting the members of the in - laws family to sit together and discuss regarding abnormal behaviour and mental illness of the respondent but in vein. Ultimately, he consulted Dr. Prakash Nar