OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE IN INDIA: A DOCTRINAL AND SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF STATUTORY FRAMEWORK AND JUDICIAL TRENDS

OFFENCES RELATING TO MARRIAGE IN INDIA: A DOCTRINAL AND SOCIO-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF STATUTORY FRAMEWORK AND JUDICIAL TRENDS Ishita Singh, BA.LL.B (hons)/5th year/10th semester Student at Amity University Lucknow Campus (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2026.v04.40 This study examines the doctrinal and socio-legal framework governing offences relating to marriage in India, with particular focus on the statutory consolidation This study examines the doctrinal and socio-legal framework governing offences relating to marriage in India, with particular focus on the statutory consolidation introduced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and its interaction with procedural and evidentiary regimes. Marriage is analysed not merely as a personal or cultural institution but as a legally regulated status that generates enforceable rights and corresponding vulnerabilities.