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Offences Relating to Marriage , Adultery and Bigamy

Offences Relating to Marriage (Section 493 to 498): Sec-493 to 498 of IPC deals with the offences relating to the marriages, they are: a) Mock Marriage b) Bigamy c) Adultery 1. Mock Marriage: Mock Marriage means Invalid marriage. It is a sexual intercourse by a man with a married or unmarried woman of any age, whom he induces to be his wife, but in fact he is a concubine. It shall be punished with an Imprisonment up to 10 years and fine. Ingredients: a) The accused has done sexual intercourse with the prosecution. b) He has not legally married to her. c) She has given a consent for sexual intercourse believing that he would marry. d) Such belief in her was induced by the accused. Marriage ceremony fraudulently done without lawful marriage (Sec-496): As per sec-496, Whoever dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention has gone through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not been lawfully married, shall be punished with an Imprisonment up to 7 years with fine. Ingredients: a)...

Criminal Breach of Trust & Misappropriation of Property

Criminal Misappropriation (Section 403): A person who dishonestly misappropriates or converts for his own use any movable property, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of property. The punishment is imprisonment for two years or fine or both. A dishonest misappropriation for a small interval of time also amounts to misappropriation. If the person takes the property to protect it or to restore it from the owner, he is not guilty. But if he does not restore it and if he does not return the owner using reasonable means, he becomes guilty. Eg: 1) A finds a bundle of currency notes on the highway. He picks up the bundle with an intention to hand it over to the real owner. He is not guilty. But after taking home he changes his mind and uses for his own purposes. He is guilty when he changes his mind. 2) A finds a valuable ring on the road, A takes it without any idea of finding the owner and handing it over to him. He is guilty. 3) A and B are joint owners, A sells the house without B...

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