Section 496 of IPC 1860: Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage
Marriage ceremony fraudulently gone through without lawful marriage-Indian Penal Code
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.