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Wounding Religious Feelings: IPC 298 vs BNS 302 — CRITICAL: Not Murder
The re-numbering of religious insult laws — CRITICAL ALERT: BNS 302 is NOT murder. Murder moved to BNS 103. BNS 302 now handles verbal insults to individual religious feelings.
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Section 302 of the BNS is one of the most confusing renumberings. While every Indian knows Section 302 as the murder section (under IPC), it now handles verbal or gestural insults to an individual's religious feelings. Murder has moved to Section 103. BNS 302 punishes the deliberate use of words or gestures to hurt a specific person's religious sentiments. It is non-cognizable — police require a magistrate's order before investigating.
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The re-numbering of religious insult laws — CRITICAL ALERT: BNS 302 is NOT murder. Murder moved to BNS 103. BNS 302 now handles verbal insults to individual religious feelings.
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