BNS Section 302 — Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person
Section 302 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
302. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.— 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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