Sanjay K. Agrawal, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and decree dated 21/04/2022 (Annexure A/1) passed by the Family Court, Bemetara in Civil MJC No. 05/2021 whereby the application filed by the appellant/plaintiff under Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 (hereinafter, “the Act of 1956”) seeking custody of his minor son Master Yash Joshi, aged about 7 years (respondent No. 2 herein), has been dismissed finding no merit, against which the appellant/plaintiff has preferred this first appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984.

2. The aforesaid challenge has been made on the following factual backdrop :-

(a) The marriage of the appellant/plaintiff/husband was solemnized with the respondent No. 1/defendant/wife on 13/05/2013 in accordance with the Hindu rites and rituals and they have been blessed with two sons namely Yash and Aayush, aged about 7 and 3½ years respectively.

(b) It is the case of the appellant/plaintiff that till one year of marriage the relationship between him and respondent/defendant No. 1 was fine, however, matrimonial discord arose between them thereafter and the respondent/defendant No. 1 threate