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2. Reply has been filed wherein the factum of marriage has been admitted. The respondent has denied the allegations of dowry, harassment and torture. The respondent has stated that the petitioner no. 1 withdrew her maintenance case on 26.02.1997 and joined the respondent in the matrimonial home where she remained with the respondent till 18.12.04. The respondent has stated that the police has registered a case u/s 498A/323/506 IPC based on the self inflicted injuries by the petitioner no. 1 and the respondent has to face trial in the said case. The respondent has stated that the petitioner no. 1 has deserted him. The respondent has stated that the petitioner no. 1 is gainfully employed and she is associated with the polio eradication programme being conducted by Govt. of Delhi. The respondent has admitted that he is an employee of AIIMS however, he has claimed that his gross salary is Rs. 9,258/­ per month and after deductions his net salary was Rs. 3,570/­ till November 2004. The respondent has also stated that he has to commute between Delhi and his Village Tehsil Ballabgarh Distt. Faridabad which involves a monthly expense of Rs. 500­600/­.

d.) As regards the incapability of petitioners to survive on their own, the petitioner no. 1/PW 1 has deposed that she has no source of income and the petitioners are dependant on the parents of petitioner no. 1. Though the respondent has claimed that the petitioner no. 1 is employed with the Polio Eradication Programme conducted by the Govt. of Delhi, the respondent has not led any cogent evidence to establish the said employment. In her cross examination the petitioner no.1/PW 1 has denied the suggestion that she is associated with the polio eradication programme. The petitioner no. 2 & 3 being minor children are incapable to survive on their own without any arrangement being made for them. In view of the above, the factum of petitioners being incapable to survive on their own stands proved.