IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI F.A. No.74 of 2022 ----- -

… … Petitioner/Appellant Versus . … … Respondent/Respondent P R E S E N T HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR …..

For the Appellant : Mr. Ankit Vishal, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. Satish Kumar Keshri, APP.

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C.A.V. on 30.04.2025 Pronounced on 10/06/2025 Per Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

Prayer:

1. The instant appeal has been filed challenging the legality and propriety of impugned judgment passed on 30.06.2022 and decree signed on 08.07.2022 by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Chatra whereby and whereunder the Original Suit No. 29 of 2019 filed by the petitioner-appellant-husband under Section 13(1), (i-a), (i-b) & iii of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for a decree of divorce has been dismissed.

Factual Matrix

2. The brief facts of the case of the appellant-husband as narrated, is that, his marriage with the respondent-wife was solemnized as per Hindu rites and customs on 16.02.2017 and after her marriage and upon her Vidai, the respondent-wife came to reside at her matrimonial house.

3. After a brief period of stay, the respondent-wife began to complain about pain in her abdomen