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Whoever marries, the expression 'whoever.... marries' in s. 494 of the Penal Code, 1860, must mean 'whoever.... marries validly' or 'whoever.... marries and whose marriage is a valid one', Bhaurao Shankar Lokhande v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1965 SC 1564: (1965) 2 SCR 837....
Enticement
Enticement, means whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the case of her on behalf of that man, with intent, that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for term which may extend to two years, or with fines, or with both. [Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), s. 498]Promise to marry a minor girl and on that basis, she abandone her lawful guardian, would amount to enticement, Maniram Hazrika v. State of Assam, (2004) 5 SCC 120: AIR 2004 SC 2472 (2474). (Penal Code, 1860, s. 361).An action lies for damages suffered by the enticement of a person under an obligation to the plaintiff as by a married woman against another woman for enticing away her husband, Newton v. Hardy, (1933) 149 LT 165; see also Elliot v. Albert, (1934) 1 KB 650, loss of ...
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