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6. It is not in dispute that the petitioner filed M.C.No.294 of 1994 on the file of the Family Court, Bangalore, seeking divorce on the ground of adultery. The first respondent-wife suffered the decree in M.C.No.294 of 1994. There cannot be any distinction between ex parte decree and contest decree so long as the decree subsists in M.C.No.294 of 1994. It is to be taken that the petitioner obtained divorce on the ground of the first respondent-wife living in adultery. Such a situation is governed by Section 125 (4) of Cr.P.C. which reads as follows: