Section 81 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Cohabitation
caused by man
deceitfully
inducing
belief of lawful
marriage.

  1. 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.