CHAPTER XV OF OFFENCES RELATING TO RELIGION

Section 297: Trespassing on burial places, etc

Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

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 sepulture, 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.

Now in the BNS

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

297. Trespassing on burial places, etc.

BNS 301

Questions on this section

1 question in 3 of our papers cite Section 297. Try these from the free papers:

1. Consider the following statements under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023: 1. Voluntarily causing disturbance to an assembly lawfully engaged in religious worship is punishable under Section 300 with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or fine, or both. 2. Offering any indignity to a human corpse, with the knowledge that the feelings of any person are likely to be wounded, is punishable under Section 301. 3. Section 302 requires a deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of a person, and covers words uttered in that person's hearing. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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