1. Challenging the decree dated 17.12.2015 in OP No.196 of 2013 of the Family Court, Pala, dismissing the claim of the wife for return of 41.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments, an amount of Rs.50,000/- and movables worth Rs.44,100/-, the wife has come up in appeal.

2. The marriage between the appellant / wife and the first respondent / husband was solemnized on 08.02.2006 and a child was born in their wedlock. According to the appellant, when the marriage was fixed, the respondents were given Rs.50,000/- as patrimony. It was claimed that on the date of marriage, she was wearing 43 sovereigns of gold ornaments, and further, her father had gifted to the first respondent a gold chain weighing 3 sovereigns and a ring weighing one sovereign. It was further claimed that in the matrimonial home, the third respondent / mother of the first respondent kept 37.5 sovereigns of gold ornaments in her custody. It was alleged that the appellant was subjected to cruelty by the respondents and she was deserted on 25.09.2009. Thereafter, the appellant demanded return of gold ornaments, money and the value of movables.

3. The first respondent / husband contended that the appellant was wearing only 30 sovere