JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH)

Date : 13-08-2025

Heard the parties.

2. The present appeal has been filed under Section 19 (1)(1-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1984 impugning the judgment and decree dated 21.08.2020 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Purnea in Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No. 203 of 2018, whereby the petition, filed by the appellant-wife to nullify the marriage with the respondent-husband solemnized on 06.02.2016, has been dismissed.

3. The case of the appellant-wife as per the petition filed before the Family Court is that the marriage of the appellant with the respondent was solemonized on 06.02.2016 as per Hindu rites and rituals and at the time of mariage, her parents had given a gift to the respondent worth Rs. 20 lakhs. After marriage, the appellant started leading matrimonial live with the respondent, however, after some times, her in-laws family members started torturing and assaulting the appellant to meet their illegal demand of Rs. 20 lakhs from her father for establishing a medical clinic at Purnea City. Ultimately, father of the appellant took loan of Rs. 5 lakhs and gave it to the respondent but again they started pressur