Demanding DNA test of the child, the husband knocked the door of the High Court, know the whole matter

Bilaspur: The dispute between husband and wife put the innocent child in the dock, amidst the dispute between the two, the husband filed a petition in the High Court and demanded a DNA test of the child. The High Court has rejected the petition, justifying the decision of the Family Court. The case was heard in the single bench of Justice Deepak Tiwari.

In fact, a young man living in Durg was married to a girl living in Balod in Dalli Rajhara two years ago. They have a four-month-old son. Meanwhile, a dispute started between the two, and the matter reached the court. The husband filed a case in the Family Court, questioning the relationship of the four-month-old innocent and demanded a DNA test. After hearing the case, the Family Court rejected the husband’s petition and instructed the young man to raise the child like a father, and asked to maintain harmony between the family.

Here, the young man challenged the decision of the Family Court in the High Court, and demanded a DNA test of the four-month-old innocent. After hearing the case, the court rejected the petition, the court said that in the absence of a prima facie case, the DNA test of a child born during a marriage performed as per Hindu customs cannot be ordered. The DNA test should be ordered only when there is sufficient evidence under section 112 of the Evidence Act.