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Bigamy offence; wife's consent immaterial: Karnataka high court

BENGALURU: Bigamy is a continuing offence and consent given by a wife or wives would be immaterial for considering the offence, the HC observed in a recent judgement, while refusing to quash proceedings against a man and his third wife, reports Vasanth Kumar.

However, proceedings against four others - relatives and friends of the accused - have been quashed. Anand C alias Anku Gowda, 77, his third wife and four others had challenged the proceedings pending before a Channapatna court.

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