Section 301 in THE BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023 – BNS

Trespassing on burial places, etc.

  1. 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, commits any
    trespass in any place of worship or on any place of sepulchre, 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.