Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 24 · Decided 30 January 1979
Gopal Lal v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 24 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 1171
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 255/1973
- Decided
- 30 January 1979
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A.D. KOSHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494; Hindu Marriage Act Section 17
Headnote
1171 Bigamy, offence of under section 494 f.P.C.-Ad1nission and legal evidence of actual 1narriage by custom of nata marriage attracts the provisions of sec­ tio11 494 l.P.C. A B ~ Nata 1narriage by customs and therefore void under section 17 of the lfindu -,.,Jarriage Act, 1955-Whether the provisions of section 494 .-'f l.P.C. After having fallen out and parted comp:lny "With his wife Kanchan in the year 1963, the appellant, belonging to Telli communiLy contracted a second marriage prevalent amongst his community with Gopi on 20th March 1969. A complaint filed by his
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