Wife can file complaint under Section 498A IPC for cruelty even if she has consented to husband's second marriage: Patna High Court

A bench led by Justice Pavankumar Bajanthri refused to accept the argument of the husband that he had performed second marriage in 2004 after taking prior consent of his first wife, with whom he had married in May 1978.

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