Offences relating to marriage
Under IPC -494
Bns - 82
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife
Whoever having a husband or wife married again during the life of such husband or wife is to punished under this section
Exception
When the husband or wife has not been heard for seven years
Custom
if it is a custom in case elf scheduled tribe where the Hindu marriage act is not applicable.
Mahomedan
A Muslim husband can have 4 wife without having divorced the first wife
The same is not applicable to Muslim women
Case law
Sarla mudgal v union of India
The case where the husband marries again after getting him converted to Muslim without getting divorce is not exempted from this section.
Though he is Muslim he cannot escape the punishment without dissolution of first marriage.
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