Sujoy,
I am not a legal expert but is facing RCR myself. I have talked to a few people for my case and am passing gist of knowledge in case it can be useful to you.
First thing to decide is whethere you are ready to live with the lady or not. Based on the anwer of the question our approach will vary.
Answer could be
1. No, don't want to live with her.
2. Want to live with her but with conditions.
3. Ready to live with her.
Let me take each of the above and say how RCR response will look like
In "1. No, don't want to live with her." there could be two approaches,
- One you rebut the charges she has put in RCR put your additional charges from your side including false cases of DV and police complaint. As last point of your reposne you say that iyou have to undergo torture and harrashment while living with your wife for no fault of you. You also aprehend that the problem will continue going forward if you are forced to live with the lady. In the prayer you say that "FRom the above it becomes clear that living with the lady is undesirable and thus prayer for RCR should be rejected."
- Two, this is slightly cunning approach designed to say that you were still ready to live the lady but lady does not agree to you some basic requirements. You will do reply exactly as you did above last few points will differ. In last few points you will say.
i. Despite all acts of cruelty you still loves your family.
ii. You feel that the reason for weird bahaviour of your wife is her physicatric issues, shorttempertdess, uncotroleed anger or similar other mental illness.
and then you will plead something like this
"Therefore respondent submits through this prayer that if petitioner is ready to take back all wrong allegations including ones pointed out above and in petitioner’s previous submission to the court, and is ready to undergo psychiatric evaluation and treatment, and becomes mentally healthy, and generates confidence in petitioner that she is not going to misuse the law and drag him or his family in false cases, respondent is welcome to join the petitioner. If not then your honor be pleased to disallow the petition for restitution of conjugal rights and allow the petition of divorce and other prayers of applicant. "
As you can see above prayer is designed to put reasonable conditions in a nice way. Idea here is to put conditions in a such way which looks genuine and at the same time she will never agree to them. So it is she who will refuse to co habit and not you. This will help you in Divorce case in case it comes to that stage.
Now approaches in other two cases are straight forward.
In "2. Want to live with her but with conditions." you can put those condition in your response and make pleadings. You may tailor pleadings given above to put your own.
In " 3. Ready to live with her" you should not counterallegations and in your prayer you say you are ready to live with her.