BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 301 — Trespassing on burial places, etc.
Replaces IPC Section 297.
Whoever, with the intention of wounding the feelings of any person, or of insulting the religion of any person, or with the knowledge that the feelings of any person are likely to be wounded, or that the religion of any person is likely to be insulted thereby, commits any trespass in any place of worship or on any place of sepulchre, or any place set apart for the performance of funeral rites or as a depository for the remains of the dead, or offers any indignity to any human corpse, or causes disturbance to any persons assembled for the performance of funeral ceremonies, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Nearby sections
- 298 Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any class.
- 299 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
- 300 Disturbing religious assembly.
- 302 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.
- 303 Theft.
- 304 Snatching.
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