VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 495: Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XX — Of Offences Relating to Marriage

495. Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section having concealed from the person with whom the subsequent marriage is contracted, the fact of the former marriage, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.