BNS Section 299 — Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs
Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
299. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.—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. ¶
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