secured a job in State Bank of India, Jammalamadugu and she stayed there in the house of one Jhansi who is their family friend, and while so, she became pregnant and obtained medical leave and joined her parents at Tirupati on the advise of the respondent. The respondent suspected her pregnancy whether she conceived through him as she was at Jammalamaugu. Later, the petitioner was posted at Palamaner on 04-07-1995, and both of them lived there together. The respondent used to visit the bank premises, where the petitioner was working, and make enquiries with regard to her character from her colleagues and others of that locality and put her through a lot of embarrassment. Further, whenever the petitioner came late to the house from the Bank, he used to question her, with whom she slept and enjoyed that time. He used to check the petitioner and her clothes. Likewise whenever she is in sound sleep, he used to kick her and asked her with whom she enjoyed on that date. Whenever he come late to the house, he used to check the bed, etc. Day by day his adamant attitude increased. There were occasions when the respondent made her sit outside the house throughout nights. For the welfare of her child, the petitioner accepted all the cruel behaviour till June, 2000. In June, 2000, the respondent grew wild and beat her and her child and left the matrimonial house and till the date of filing the O.P., he did not turn up. The respondent took away gold jewellery worth Rs.60,000/- by stating that he had to meet the house construction expenses at Bangalore. Therefore, the petitioner had no option except to seek the divorce.
