BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 302 — Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.
Replaces IPC Section 298.
Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places any object in the sight of that person, 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
- 299 Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
- 300 Disturbing religious assembly.
- 301 Trespassing on burial places, etc.
- 303 Theft.
- 304 Snatching.
- 305 Theft in a dwelling house, or means of transportation or place of worship, etc.
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