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.