INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
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497. Adultery
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
497. Adultery.--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.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
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