Court Within Whose Jurisdiction First Wife Has Taken Up Permanent Residence Can Try Offences U/S 494/495 IPC: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court has dismissed an application filed by a man seeking to quash a summoning order issued against him in a bigamy case. The man, Inder alias Lala, was accused by his wife Sudesh of bigamy (marrying another person while already married) and criminal intimidation under Sections 494, 406 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Case: Sudesh, the complainant in the case, filed a criminal complaint…