Trespassing on burial places, etc
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Summary
Trespassing into a place of worship, grave, funeral site, or treating a human corpse with indignity, when done to wound someone’s feelings or to insult their religion (or knowing it is likely to do so), is an offence. Causing disturbance to people assembled for funeral rites is also covered. Punishment: up to one year imprisonment, or fine, or both.
Example
Priya goes into a cremation ground during a funeral and loudly insults the rites to wound the mourners’ religious feelings; she can be prosecuted and may face up to one year in prison, or a fine, or both.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, 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 sepulture, 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.
BNSS Classification
- Imprisonment for 1 year, or fine, or both.
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Triable by Any Magistrate.
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