Hi All,
I have consulted 2 different lawyers and got 2 different opinions so i am here to find an exact answer to my query if possible.
If a person goes through a Hindu marriage ceremony before he is divorced from his first wife then as per the Indian law this is punishable under Bigamy IPC 494.
Lawyer1 said that this person can be punished any time as the crime is already committed and even if he divorce both the wives still he will be punished.
Lawyer2 said that if the Bigamy case is not filed till now and if he gets divorced from his first wife then his second marriage is void in any way and he has to remarry the second wife to make it valid.So as per him the Bigamy case should be filed when he is with 2 wives and filing a case later after he gets divorced from first or making second marriage legally void then IPC 494 is not valid anymore.
