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

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

302. 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.

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