If an unmarried girl has a married guy as a boyfriend and has physical relations with him, is it possible for the married boyfriend's wife/family to take legal action against this unmarried girl for having a relationship with him? If yes, what is the expected punishment as per Indian law?
P.S The unmarried girl is NOT ME. Its someone I know.
2007-10-29 05:01:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
I am asking this question on India yahoo answers. I don't know why its appearing in the US category.
2007-10-29 05:06:19 · update #1
Thankyou Poker for reading my other question and answering this question in in that perspective. By the way, stoning a person to death doesn't happen in the cities and I live in a city. I think its a crime to take the law in one's own hands by stoning a person to death.
2007-10-29 06:42:46 · update #2
Thankyou Andy for your input.
2007-10-29 06:44:49 · update #3
PROMOD R, THIS GIRL IS NOT ME.
2007-10-29 09:57:58 · update #4
Sweetu, stoning only happens in villages and not in cities. The news about stoning incidents mainly comes from north east India and not south India and I'm from south india.
2007-10-30 04:10:29 · update #5
Nothing. No punishment for any girl indulging in any form of adultery. Let me bring to your notice section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, provision for punishment for adultery. It provides whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of another man, without the consent or connivance of that man, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery, and shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor.
What you see in this provision that even a married lady if indulge in adultery with some man other then her husband will not be liable for any offence, although such man will be punished for this offence of adultery & in your case the girl is an unmarried & indulging in adultery with a married man, there is no question of any punishment for her in any other provision of the penal code or any other legal provision of the country.
2007-10-29 05:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by vijay m Indian Lawyer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Have no idea about Indian law but here in the US your sister didn't break any laws...It sucks that her boyfriend was forced into an arranged marriage while he (obviously still loves your sister)...
P.S. This is why I hate arranged marriages...hopefully your family won't stone her or anything for disgracing your family because that it was I see on the National Geographic or Discovery channels about other cultures...
For me personally, when a married person cheats with a single person, the married person is the one who is at fault...
2007-10-29 05:04:33 · answer #2 · answered by poker_fan_in_nyc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ya, making relation with someone who is married is punishable under indian penal code, i am not sure what act will go with this kind of relationship but working as crime reporter i saw many cases in which poeple were embaressed not only by society but also by the court too. in other words indian law define these type of relationships as illicit. but how can a law can bound us to make love as both of the persons are adult and do love by thire own will and in full consicness. i think when we discuss about love then it pure matter of heart .........far above from all laws and penals
2007-10-29 06:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by newmentor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can freely have sex with a married man, nothing will happen to you. The married guy might get in trouble with his wife who may file cases against him for mental cruelty u/s 498a, divorce him on grounds of mental cruelty, and seek maintenance and child custody from him but you will be quite safe.
2007-10-29 09:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by Pramod R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a punishable offence for the guy. Not for the girl. in this case the girl is an abettor.
there is nothing to be done if it is from the man's side, except keep on slapping him continually.
2007-10-29 05:10:48 · answer #5 · answered by cdc_01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to all those people who have replied- in india-punishment is stoning.. i am sorry but you people are so ignorant and stupid. stoning happens in conservative muslim countries like afghanistan and not a educated, multi-cultural country like india... probably you all need to check your general knowledge before giving such stupid answers...you have got a lot to learn about india so please think that you are hurting indians by such stupid replies. indians will only laugh how ignorant you are.
2007-10-29 22:17:24 · answer #6 · answered by sweetu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.....but the girls family will probably get a divorce with the guy...
as far i havent seen a situation arise like this yet in india
oh yh..theres social punishment by the way....like in the media and all.....so thell probably have to shift
2007-10-29 05:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The wife can sue the husband chargin him of Adultery , but the she cannot do anything with the girl if the girl is a major(i.e is of 18 years or above)... Cheers
2016-04-11 00:54:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You already asked this. No one here knows. You're asking in an American post. Look it up.
2007-10-29 05:03:39 · answer #9 · answered by ron-D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
another person taking about india =[
2007-10-29 05:05:08 · answer #10 · answered by n1k35h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋