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CHAPTER XVI OF OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION

Section 302: Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

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.

Corresponding IPC provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Leading cases

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