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Under section 82(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which circumstance is an ingredient of the…

The basic offence under section 82(1) concerns a second marriage that is void because it takes place during the life of a spouse from a subsisting marriage. Section 82(2)…

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Under section 82(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which circumstance is an ingredient of the basic offence of marrying again during the lifetime of a spouse, assuming no statutory exception applies?

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The basic offence under section 82(1) concerns a second marriage that is void because it takes place during the life of a spouse from a subsisting marriage. Section 82(2) addresses the aggravated case involving concealment of that former marriage.

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Option A

Section 82(1) requires a subsisting first marriage and a later marriage that is void on account of the living spouse.

Option B

Concealment of the former marriage is the additional fact specified in section 82(2).

Option C

Section 82(1) does not require an intention to acquire property.

Option D

A competent court’s declaration that the first marriage was void falls within the statutory exception.

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