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Can husband file a case on members having illegal relationship


21-Mar-2023 (In Divorce Law)

Gd mrng sir, under which section a husband can book a case on members having illegal relationship with wife, in a local police station. Plz advice me.

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Husband should file a case of adultery u/s 497 of IPC
According to Section-497 of Indian penal code- “Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, ...

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