Multiple choice

Which section of the Indian Penal Code punishes a man (married or unmarried) who induces a woman to become, as she thinks, his wife, but in fact his concubine?

  1. Section 493

  2. Section 494

  3. Section 495

  4. Section 498A

  5. None of these

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Explanation

When a man, whether married or unmarried, deceives a woman who is not lawfully married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to have sexual intercourse with him is punishable under Section 493 of the Indian Penal Code.