Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27135 of 2012 ====================================================== Raju Jain S/O Babulal Jain R/O Mohalla-Ward No. 24, Haliya Road, Marwan Pati, P.O.- & P.S.-Araria, Distt.-Araria .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : None. For the State : Smt. I.B. Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2. 17-07-2012 No one appears on behalf of the Petitioner. The Petitioner seeks quashing of the First Information Report of Araria P.S. Case No. 462 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] but by an order dated 17/18.5.2012 the Magistrate has taken cognizance under [STATUTE] . Having gone through the petition filed herein and the documents annexed thereto, I do not find any reason to interfere in the matter. The application is dismissed. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 493

Statute Text:
Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code. A man by deceit causing a woman not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit with him in that belief. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.