Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 810 · Decided 24 November 2010
Ram Chandra Bhagat v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 810 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 1094
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 439/2006
- Decided
- 24 November 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Hearing Adjourned
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Constitution Article 20(1), 21
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s. 393 - Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage - Complainant and accused lived together for nine years and had two children - Accused stated to have turned the woman out of his house - Complaint by the woman that accused had given her her and even executed an agreement to this effect - Conviction by trial court - Upheld by appellate court as a/so by High Court - HELD: Per Katju, J - When the complainant's own case is that the accused had as.<;ured her that he will marry her, it is obvious that she was not under E any
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