Trespassing on burial places, etc
Chapter 16: Offences relating to religion
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.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 298Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult religion of any classIPC 295
- 299Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefsIPC 295A
- 300Disturbing religious assemblyIPC 296
- 302Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any personIPC 298