Section 295A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 – Explained!
Legal Provisions of Section 295A of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs:This section punishes deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs. The section was added by the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1927. It states that whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, either by spoken or written words, or by signs or visible representations or otherwise, either insults or attempts to insult the religion of that class or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to three years, or…