BNS 299 — Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

299. Whoever,  with  deliberate  and  malicious  intention  of  outraging  the
religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken
or written, or by signs or by visible representations or through electronic
means or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious
beliefs  of  that  class,  shall  be  punished  with  imprisonment  of  either
description  for  a  term  which  may  extend  to  three  years,  or  with  fine,  or
with both.

Disturbing religious assembly.

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