1. We have heard learned counsel for the parties at length and perused the record.

2. Appellant / husband is aggrieved by the impugned judgment and decree dated 11-4-2019 passed by the First Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Raipur, in H.M.A. No. 366/15 dismissing his application under S.13(1)(i - a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [for brevity 'the Act'] for grant of divorce.

3. Facts of the case, briefly stated, are that the parties were married on 17-4-2009 as per Hindu rites and rituals. They have a daughter Baby Kusum residing with the respondent / wife. It was pleaded in the application that from the very next day of the marriage the respondent insisted to leave the matrimonial house, but on persuasion stayed for 5-6 days and called her mother to return to her parental house, but did not come back for 15-20 days. Thereafter, when she reach