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Section 493 IPC-Dhara 493-Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage

Section 493 IPC-Dhara 493-Dafa 493-Cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage:


Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

 

CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE

 

Punishment—Imprisonment for 10 years and fine—Non-cognizable—Non-bailable—Triable by Magistrate of the first class—Non-compound­able.

 

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