1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO.169 OF 2009 Sheetal Sachin Matale ... Appellant V/s. Sachin Bajirao Matale ... Respondent Mr. Vilas B. Topkar for the Appellant. Mr. J.S. Kini i/b. Mr. Suresh Dubey for the Respondent. CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & SHRI R.Y. GANOO, JJ. DATE : 11 TH JANUARY, 2010. P.C. : 1. The Family Court Appeal has been preferred by the appellant-wife claiming that the Petition for return of her Stri-dhan filed under Section 7(1)(c) of the Family Courts Act has wrongly been dismissed. According to the appellant-wife, she was presented with gold ornaments weighing 35 to 40 tolas by her parents and others when she got married. She claims that these ornaments have not been returned to her by the respondent-husband. 2. The trial Court has found that there was no evidence on record to indicate that the gold ornaments were, in fact, given to the appellant or that they continued to be in the custody of the respondent. Furthermore, the Court has observed that although the appellant s aunt has deposed that she had ’ presented her with gold bangles weighing 6 tolas. There was nothing on record to show that the gold bangles continued to be in the possession of the respondent or his family and were not with the appellant. 2 3. In our view, therefore, there is no need to admit this Family Court Appeal. The Family Court Appeal is dismissed. 4. The respondent shall return the articles to the appellant, as directed by the Family Court, within a period of two weeks from today. ( R.Y. GANOO, J. ) ( SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J. )