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If a person, knowing that the feelings of a group of people are likely to be wounded, trespasses in a…

Section 301 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly IPC section 297) punishes trespass in any place of worship or sepulture, or any place set apart for funeral rites,…

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If a person, knowing that the feelings of a group of people are likely to be wounded, trespasses in a place set apart for the performance of funeral rites, he commits an offence described under:

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Section 301 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly IPC section 297) punishes trespass in any place of worship or sepulture, or any place set apart for funeral rites, with the intention of wounding feelings or knowing that feelings are likely to be wounded. The offence is therefore under "Section 301 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023".

Section 298 concerns injuring or defiling a place of worship, section 300 disturbing a religious assembly, and section 302 words or gestures intended to wound religious feelings.

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