Registering a marriage with manipulated documents

588 votes

Registering marriage with manipulated documents amounts to cheating, forgery & forgery for the purpose of cheating & same is punishable with section 420, 465, 468 of IPC.
Registering of marriage without performing marriage by using manipulated documents will become null and void and is not a valid marriage.

Advocate Girish D S LawRato

732 votes

Yes, it amounts to an offence under Indian Penal Code and Registration Act and liable for punishment provided complaint is filed in this regard. Such a marriage is not legal. Yes, it amounts to an offence under Indian Penal Code and Registration Act and liable for punishment provided complaint is filed in this regard. Such a marriage is not legal.

Advocate Jagadish Sidramappa Halashetti LawRato

906 votes

1st Marriage registration invalid.
You can taken following steps shows the process of criminal justice i.e. When crime occurs, by resorting following steps, one can get justice.
As soon as the police receive information about a crime committed (‘Cognizable offence’, to be more accurate), they write the First Information report.
Step 2
The police officer in-charge of the case starts the investigation. This includes examining the suspects and witnesses, recording of statements, collecting evidence, making arrests and interrogation.
Step 3
The in-charge police officer prepares a report on the case and sends it to the area magistrate (and thereby, to the court). This report is either in the form of:
- A charge sheet (when sufficient evidence is available to proceed against the accused) or
- A final report (when sufficient evidence is not available).
Step 4
Once the charge sheet is received, the court takes cognizance and initiates trial.
Step 5
The charges are framed against the accused:
- The prosecution has to prove charges beyond a shadow of doubt.
- Accused is given full opportunity to defend himself.
Step 6
The court gives out its verdict on the case and the accused can either be set free or convicted. If convicted the sentence (Punishment) for the accused is also specified.
When a crime occurs the police have the powers to record the statement of a person, who is acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case being investigated by him under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, under Section 164 a police officer is to produce the witness before a Magistrate and make the Magistrate record the statement.
The statement recorded by police officer under Section 161 Code of Criminal Procedure is not admissible in the court of law. The rationale behind this is that the police coerce witnesses into making statements and such statements should not be adduced as evidence. Hence, the witness is required to appear before the court at the time of trial and restate what he stated to the police at the time of investigation.

Advocate Srinivasa Kudva LawRato