295A. Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.
Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCE
Punishment—Imprisonment for 3 years, or fine, or both—Cognizable—Non- bailable—Triable by Magistrate of the first class—Non-compoundable.
Read Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a better and systematic way.
Download beautiful, colourful, mobile friendly PDF for IPC.
WritingLaw offers important Bare Act PDFs, Law Notes, Law Q&As, Law Articles, Law MCQ Tests, and more.
Latest posts by WritingLaw (see all)
- Section 156 – Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) - 24th July 2025
- Section 157 – Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) - 24th July 2025
- Section 158 – Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) - 24th July 2025
WritingLaw » IPC » 
If you are a regular reader, please consider buying the Law PDFs and MCQ Tests. You will love them. You may also support us with any amount you like. Thank You.
