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: 496

Statute Text:
Section 496 of the Indian Penal Code. A person with fraudulent intention going through the ceremony of being married knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married. Whoever, dishonestly or with a fraudulent intention, goes through the ceremony of being married, knowing that he is not thereby lawfully married, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.