Supreme Court of India

Dwarika Prasad Satpathy v. Bidyut Prava Dixit and Anr.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 684
Bench K.T. Thomas and M.B. Shah JJ.
Decided 14 October 1999

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Criminal Procedure Code, ·1973: Section 125--Marriage--Proof-Standard of-Husband contended that the marriage was perf onned under duress at knifepoint and, therefore, it was an invalid marriage-Held: The standard of proof of marriage in a proceed­ ing under S.125 is not as strict as is required in a trial for bigamy under S.494 !PC-Once it is admitted that the marriage procedure is fallowed it is not necessary to establish that it is complete as per the relevant rites-Hence, High Court rightly held that considering the standard of proof under S.125 the wife had proved the marriage-Evidence

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