Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 342 · Decided 17 December 1991
Mohinder Singh v. Gulwant Singh and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 342 · [1991] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 478
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 794/1991
- Decided
- 17 December 1991
- Bench
- S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, M. FATHIMA BEEVI, YOGESHWAR DAYAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494, 109; CrPC Section 202, 482
Headnote
SINGH v. GULW ANT SINGH AND ORS. ETC. DECEMBER 17, 1991 B [S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, M. FATHIMA BEEVI AND YOGESHW AR DAY AL, JJ .] Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 202-Scope and Nature of enquiry-Magistrate only to be sat­ e isfied if a prima facie case exists-Offence of bigamy--Court filed a complaint before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jullundhar against the respondents alleging that while the matrimonial tie between his sister and his brother-in-law were subsisting, his brother-in­ law performed a second marriage and committed the offence of bigamy E while the
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