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Section 497 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
497. Adultery
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 be punishable as an abettor.
Related Sections
- Section 265: Fraudulent use of false weight or measure
- Section 107: Abetment of a thing
- Section 111: Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
- Section 138: Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman
- Section 81: Act likely to cause harm, but done without criminal intent, and to prevent other harm
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