The New Indian Express ·
Madras HC grants woman bail in bigamy case
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has stated that a woman cannot be punished for bigamy for marrying a man without knowing he is having a subsisting marriage and a living wife.
Justice N Ramesh made the observation while granting anticipatory bail to a woman who was booked by the Panruti police for offences of bigamy, cruelty, abetment and criminal intimidation under Sections 82, 85, 49, 296 (b) and 351 (2) of the BNS.
She had married without any knowledge about his husband’s first marriage and the living wife. Based on a complaint lodged by the first wife, the police registered the FIR against the petitioner and her husband.
