Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 514 · Decided 21 July 2011
A. Subash Babu v. State of A.P.& ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 514 · [2011] 9 S.C.R. 453
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1428/2011
- Decided
- 21 July 2011
- Bench
- J.M. PANCHAL, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494, 495; CrPC Section 198(1), 494, 156; Constitution Article 136; Hindu Marriage Act Section 198(1)
Headnote
PENAL CODE, 1860: ss. 494 and 495, rlw s. 198(1),Cr.P.C. - Bigamy with c concealment of factum of existing marriage -'Person aggrieved'- Husband governed by Hindu Law - Complaint by second wife - Maintainability of - Held: Where second wife " alleges that the accused husband had married her that he was already married to D another lady and the factum of the first marriage was concealed from her, the second wife would be an aggrieved person within the meaning of s. 198 Cr. P.C. - Section 494 /PC does not restrict the right of filing complaint to the first wife and there is no reason
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