Second Marriage Without Divorce is Void; ‘Wife’ Cannot File Cruelty Case Under BNS: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the relatives of a husband, ruling that prosecution for matrimonial cruelty under Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, cannot sustain if the marriage itself is void due to the subsistence of a previous marriage. The Court also emphasized that vague and omnibus allegations

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