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Priya Bala Ghosh vs Suresh Chandra Ghosh on 4 March, 1971

18. Mr. Sekhar Basu, learned Counsel for the petitioner has referred to the provision of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code in support of his submission and has submitted that the ingredients of Section 498A like making cruel treatment or subjecting the wife to cruelty are not there either in the complaint of the complainant or in the statement of the complainant on S.A. and there was no such wilful conduct of the present petitioner which is of such a nature as is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause grave injury or danger to life, limb or health (mental or physical) of the wife or there was no such harassment of the wife where such harassment was with a view to coercing her or any person related to her to meet unlawful demand for 11 any dowry or property or valuable security nor the ingredients of Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code that the petitioner being husband married again in the instant case in which such marriage was void by reason of its taking place during the life time of his wife, are also present either in the complaint of the complainant or in her statement on S.A., and has referred to the decision reported in AIR 1971 Supreme Court 1153 in the case of Smt. Priya Bala Ghosh Vs. Suresh Chandra Ghosh in support of his contention that proof of solemnization of second marriage in accordance with essential religious rites applicable to parties is a must for conviction for bigamy and mere admission by accused that he had contracted second marriage is not enough, but Mr. Bhattacharjee, learned Counsel for the opposite party No. 2 has argued that the said points require consideration at the time of trial after taking evidence and not at the stage of taking cognizance.
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