{
  "id": 15335280,
  "title": "Trans woman not within purview of Sec 69 of BNS: Allahabad HC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/trans-woman-not-within-purview-of-sec-69-of-bns-allahabad-hc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T02:16:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/trans-woman-not-within-purview-of-sec-69-of-bns-allahabad-hc-101792262878579.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Allahabad high court has held that a transgender woman, after having undergone a sex-reassignment surgery, does not fall within the statutory definition of “woman” under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which criminalises sexual intercourse with a woman through deceitful means or a false promise of marriage where the act does not amount to rape",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}