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28. In the result, the suit is decreed in favour of the petitioner- husband as he has successfully established the facts of cruelty and desertion against the wife-respondent. Accordingly, it is ordered that the marriage between the petitioner, Sri Jayanta Ghosh and the respondent Smt Joyasree Dey is dissolved by a decree of divorce from today i.e. from 18.05.2023.

29. The case is disposed of on contest without cost.

30. Prepare a decree accordingly within due time.

31. Supply copy of the decree free of cost to both the parties………..”

[4] On the other hand, the wife-petitioner filed a petition being T.S. (RCR) 05 of 2020 before the Court of Addl. Judge, Family Court, Agartala, West Tripura under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 against her husband, Sri Jayanta Ghosh for a decree of restitution of conjugal rights. It was mainly alleged by the wife before the learned Court below that in the course of her marital life, she was subjected to mental and physical torture by her husband and in-laws. It was also alleged that the husband-respondent was in extra-marital affairs with one lady. It was contended before the learned Court below that she had condoned all the il