BNS 301 — Trespassing on burial places, etc.

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

301. 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.
Uttering  words,  etc.,  with  deliberate  intent  to  wound  religious
feelings of any person.

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