If a girl becomes pregnant by some person before marriage and subsequently marries some third person,…

Under section 12(1)(d) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, a marriage is voidable if the wife was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the husband, so "Marriage is voidable at the option of the groom". Under section 12(2)(b) he must have been ignorant of the fact at the marriage, must petition within one year, and must not have had marital intercourse with her consent after discovering it. The marriage is neither void nor beyond challenge, and the ground is available to the husband, not the bride.