India. In the said case, the appellant was being
prosecuted for adultery under Section 497 IPC. As soon as the
complaint was filed, the husband ... Section 497 held thus:-
―3. Under Section 497 the offence of
adultery can only be committed by a man
but in the absence
would be wrong to limit the meaning of the word 'adultery' in Section 488 , Criminal Procedure Code, to the very limited definition ... word in Section 497 of the Penal Code. Adultery is a crime under that Section that can only be committed by a man having sexual
divorce petition against the
petitioner/wife on the grounds of desertion and adultery,
the husband also filed a complaint against one Dharma
Ebenezer ... Penal Code charging him with having
committed adultery with the petitioner. Thereafter the
petitioner filed this writ petition for quashing the
complaint on the grounds
Constitutional
validity of ss. 198(1) and 198(2) Cr. P.C.-Adultery-Right to
prosecute husband not extended to the wife of the adulterer ... Criminal Procedure Code , 1973. Sections 198(1) and
198(2) -Adultery-Right to prosecute husband not extended to
the wife of the adulterer-Whether hostile
words complained of clearly imputed that the relative Jamshedji above mentioned committed adultery with the plaintiff. Now, adultery is not a crime in England. Consequently ... England an accusation of adultery would not be within exception (a) above mentioned as imputing a criminal offence (see Jones v. Jones
disclose the commission of the offence of adultery; whereas P.Ws. 4, 6 and 7 had not been mentioned as witnesses in the complaint ... complaint that they could give conclusive evidence concerning the alleged adultery, narinder Nath Malik, to whom Mrs. Ahuja had made a confession according
petition for dissolution against his wife on the allegation that she committed adultery with respondent No. 2. From the marriage certificate which has been produced ... petitioner alleged that the wife committed matrimonial offence by committing adultery with Mr. Shaw during their stay at Bombay. On her return from Bombay
favour of the petitioner coming to the conclusion
that he could prove adultery between the respondent and one R. Narasimha Rao, a
Shunter in Railways ... which circumstance was
taken advantage of to create a false story of adultery.
6. For the petitioner, he got himself examined
sixth issue he held that the defendant had been able to prove adultery and other misconduct on the part of plaintiff whereby she would have ... ground that since the celebration thereof her husband has been guilty of adultery." Section 18 may also be quoted here. It runs: "Whenever
marriage has been passed by the Civil Court on the ground of
adultery, is entitled for maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of
Criminal ... marriage. In short, according to the
petitioner, the respondent was living in adultery. On the said ground, the
petitioner filed
