The Bhandup police have registered a case under newly introduced sections addressing crimes against women, based on the complaint of a female junior artiste. They have invoked Section 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The woman has alleged that she was raped on the pretext of marriage and forced to undergo an abortion by the  man. Section 69 was added to the BNS to ensure justice for women in cases like these, which were previously categorised as rape under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) but often treated as technical cases.

Section 69 pertains to cases where consensual intercourse cannot be considered rape. The old law was often misused, with several rape cases being registered even though intercourse was consensual. Investigators faced challenges in determining whether such cases constituted rape, which allowed the accused to evade legal consequences by arguing that intercourse was consensual, even if false promises had been made. Now, Section 69 clarifies that while such acts may not be classified as rape, they still carry serious legal consequences, including up to ten years of imprisonment and potential fines.