BNS 81 — Cohabitation caused by man deceitfully inducing belief of lawful marriage.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

81. Every man who by deceit causes any woman who is not lawfully
married to him to believe that she is lawfully married to him and to cohabit
or have sexual intercourse with him in that belief, shall be punished with
imprisonment  of  either  description  for  a  term  which  may  extend  to  ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.

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