Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage – Section 496 of IPC:
Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
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Ingredients of offence:
The essential ingredients of the offence under Section 496 are as follows:
(1) The accused went through a form of marriage;
(2) The accused knew that he was not thereby lawfully married to the other party;
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(3) The accused acted dishonestly or fraudulently.