BNS Section 69: Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc

BNS Section 69 has no direct counterpart in the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

1. BNS 69IPC: —New provision

   Sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.

   “Whoever, by deceitful means or by making promise to marry to a woman without any intention of fulfilling the same, has sexual intercourse with her, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation. — “deceitful means” shall include inducement for, or false promise of employment or promotion, or marrying by suppressing identity.”

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.