Grover, on the other hand, pointed out the legal difficulties, especially the reluctance of the state to invoke Section 376 (2)(g) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was introduced in March, 2013. “These were the first cases in the country in which a new provision of law [was applicable],” said Grover. “Section 376 (2)(g) … provides that if a woman is raped during communal or sectarian violence, it is a specific form of aggravated rape under the IPC. It was included because we’ve seen from experience that women’s bodies are targeted during communal and caste atrocities.” Yet this section was excluded from the original FIRs, Grover said, and was only introduced by the state police in chargesheets after March 2014, after the issue was raised before the SC. Explaining the importance of this section, Grover said that if a woman can prove before the court that there was sexual intercourse during communal violence, “the law will assume that in the middle of a communal riot when her family and property are being attacked, she is not going to consent to have sex with the man who is attacking her”. As a result, “these cases are very strong when they go to court” and the “chances and likelihood of conviction are real”, she said.