Adultery law in India

Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Adultery. As per the Indian law, a woman cannot be punished for the offense of adultery. Only a man who has consensual sexual intercourse with the wife of another man without his consent can be punished under this offense in India. If someone "lives in adultery", the partner can file for divorce.[1]

Text of Section 497 of IPC

“ 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 offense of rape, is guilty of the offense 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. ”
— Indian Kanoon[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Adultery Law in India". Legal Service India. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Section 497 in The Indian Penal Code". Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 9 June 2016.


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