Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 182(2) -- (As amended in 1978 w.e.f. 1978) - Bigamy - Jurisdiction - Complaint can be pursued in Court where wife has taken up permanent residence, at a place other than the place of cohabitation with the husband, irrespective of the fact whether that was only after the second marriage or even..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494 -- Bigamy - Exparte divorce decree - Husband undergoing second marriage - Exparte divorce decree set aside - Held, husband cannot be convicted for the offence under S.494 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494 -- Bigamy - Parties belonging to Scheduled Tribes - Wife alleging that her husband has solemnised another marriage - Custom prohibiting second marriage and making it void - Neither pleaded nor proved - Complaint filed against husband is liable to be dismissed as marriage cannot be termed to be void under Hindu Marriage Act or any..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 17 -- Conversion of Hindu to Islam - Second marriage - Mere conversion does not bring to an end the marital ties unless a decree for divorce is obtained from the Court - Till a decree is passed, the marriage subsists - By mere conversion to another religion marital ties do not come to an end - Second..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494 -- Bigamy - In plea against the charge husband stated `True. I have not committed any crime. I have married after ten years of my wife deserted and went away' - Does not absolve the prosecution to otherwise prove its case - It is to be proved that second marriage was performed with due ceremonies for the marriage - Held, it was a futile..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 494 -- Second marriage of a Hindu husband after his conversion to Islam is a void marriage in terms of S.494 IPC...........
