Section 297
of Penal Code
Section 297
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 -
(a)
commits any trespass in any place of worship or on any place of sepulture, or any place set apart for the performance of funeral rites or as a depository for the remains of the dead;
(b)
offers any indignity to any human corpse; or
(c)
causes disturbance to any persons assembled for the performance of funeral ceremonies,
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shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and fine.
m e r e n c e with gramr human remains 297A.
Whoever unlawfully opens any grave, or interferes in any manner with human remains, with intent to remove anything of value, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years, fine or both.
Uttering words etc. with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings 298.
Whoever, with deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person -
(a)
utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person;
(b)
makes any gesture in the sight of that person; or
(c)
places any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, fine or both.