Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Cheating and Bigamy Case — Prima Facie Case Made Out for Summoning Under Section 420 IPC. The Court held that at the preliminary stage of summoning, the Magistrate need only find a prima facie case, and the allegations of showing a forged divorce decree and inducing marriage and payment of money constitute such a case under Section 420 read with Section 120-B IPC....
The appellant husband filed a criminal complaint alleging that the respondent no.1 wife, along with her relatives (respondent nos.2 and 3), cheated him into marrying her by showing a forged divorce de...
