LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
497Adultery
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, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor.
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OF OFFENCES RELATINGTO MARRIAGE
- 493 Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage
- 494 Marrying again during life-time of husband or wife
- 495 Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
- 496 Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
- 497 Adultery
- 498 Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman
