Is bigamy a crime ?
Anne W
(Querist) 30 December 2012
This query is : Resolved
Thank you Sir, for ur willingness to help me I appreciate it. Me and my X married in Singapore under the Registry of Marriage. I checked the Indian penal code, Hindu marriage act, Singapore penal code and Philippine penal code they have the same law regarding bigamy which is 7 years imprisonment plus fine. My marriage was register in Singapore and Philippines the worst thing is that my country don't allow divorce. I try to register at the Indian embassy in Singapore but they say no need. I try to settle things with my X but he refuse to have a heart to heart talk, he yell and ask me not to disturb him. His very rude and he even blackmail me that if I sue him to court he commit suicide. I am in India to file the case. He cannot run away from I have his full personal details, his family photo, his mistress photo and evidence of his bigamous marriage in India. This is the only way I know to ease my burden and suffering. I have loved him and i gave up a lot of things and opportunity that come to me but at the end he simply dumped and abandoned me. He may or might have cheated many girls and so it is imperative to bring him to justice. I seek your sincere opinion and help.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 30 December 2012
if you have evidence that your husband has remarried while first maariage was subsisting then you can file complaint of bigamy . contact a local lawyer . you will need all documentary evidence to substaniate your complaint
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 30 December 2012
Yes!Bigamy is a crime for which first wife can prosecute her husband provided she has proof of second marriage.Keeping a mistress after marriage gives you right to get divorce
in India.In case such a mistress is married one your husband can be charged with adultery(S.497.IPC)
Guest
(Expert) 30 December 2012
Bigamy is punishable with a jail term of up to 7 years. A husband who marries during the subsistence of his first marriage is liable to prosecution for the offence of bigamy. File a criminal case against him.
Ashish Davessar
Advocate
Supreme Court of India
Punjab and Haryana High Court
Nadeem Qureshi
(Expert) 30 December 2012
Dear Querist
according to section 494 of Ipc:
494. Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.-- Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Exception.- This section does not extend to any person whose marriage with such husband or wife has been declared void by a Court of competent jurisdiction, nor to any person who contracts a marriage during the life of a former husband or wife, if such husband or wife, at the time of the subsequent marriage, shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years, and shall not have been heard of by such person as being alive within that time provided the person contracting such subsequent marriage shall, before such marriage takes place, inform the person with whom such marriage is contracted of the real state of facts so far as the same are within his or her knowledge.
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Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 30 December 2012
If he has not done so much of wrongs to you then do not let him free.
Consult a good lawyer and bring him to books.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 02 January 2013
You have very well been advised that bigamy is a crime.
