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Pashaura Singh vs State Of Punjab & Anr on 13 November, 2009

Submissions: Learned counsel argued that the petitioners in Crl.P.No.122 of 2019 are the parents of A.1. Therefore, he submits that Section 494 cannot be applied at all. He submits that the offence under Section 494 IPC is a personal offence limited to the person who marries another during the subsistence of a valid marriage and the spouse is living. Therefore, he argues that an offence under Section 494 IPC cannot be attributed to the parents. He also submits that they had no role to play in the so called second marriage and that therefore, they cannot be charge sheeted. He also relies upon the judgment reported in Pashaura Singh v. State of Punjab1 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, wherein the Apex Court has held that the offence under Section 494 IPC is only attracted when a second marriage is contracted; when the first marriage is subsisting and the spouse is living. The counsel points out that in view of the divorce granted by the Cambridge Court, Section 494 IPC is not attracted. Learned counsel raises an important point and 1 (2010) 11 SCC 749 6 states that as the alleged offence of bigamy was committed in England, permission under Section 188 Cr.P.C. is necessary for pursuing the case.
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