The Supreme Court has upheld Section 497 of the IPC. The Court says that the male will not be guilty in relation to the superior woman, the five-member Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Deepak Mishra has unanimously taken this important decision. The five-member Constitution Bench headed by judge Deepak Mishra unanimously declares Section 497 as unconstitutional. A scrapper Explain that for the first offense, there was a provision for a five-year imprisonment for a man or a fine of both. According to Section 497, if a person is aware that the woman is the wife of any other person and commits adultery with the woman without the consent or collusion of that person, then she will be guilty of woman's crime. It will not fall under the category of crime of rape.
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