• Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for the deliberate and malicious acts, that are intended to outrage religious feelings of...
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    The Indian Penal Code (IPC) was the official criminal code of the Republic of India, inherited from British India after independence. It remained in force...
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  • homosexual activity. As per a Supreme Court of India judgement since 2018, the Indian Penal Code Section 377 is used to convict non-consensual sexual...
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  • Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code criminalised attempted suicide as well as suicide assistance. Section 309 stated: Whoever attempts to commit suicide...
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  • Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for sedition. The Indian Penal Code was enacted in 1860, under the British Raj. Section...
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  • Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for obscene acts or words in public. The other section of Indian Penal code which deal with...
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  • In India, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (before its repeal by introduction of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) dealt with Cheating and dishonestly inducing...
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  • Section 320 in India defines grievous hurt. The punishment is enhanced when the hurt is grievous. The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "Grievous":...
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  • The Section 326 B in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for attempted acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 5 years' imprisonment. It can...
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  • Under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which was the section dealing with adultery, a man who had consensual sexual intercourse with the wife of another...
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  • The Section 326 A in the Indian Penal Code lays down the punishment for acid attacks. The minimum punishment is 10 years' imprisonment. It can extend...
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  • Section 20 of the Indian Penal Code is about courts of justice. The section states: The words "Court of Justice" denote a judge who is empowered by law...
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  • 295A of the Indian Penal Code (hurting religious sentiments) and Section 66A of the IT Act. Later, Section 295A was replaced by Section 505(2) (promoting...
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  • regarding the status of traditional medicine systems like Yoga and Ayurveda with respect to modern medicine. The Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code criminalises...
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  • Hate speech laws in India (category Use Indian English from September 2016)
    Section 153B (Sec.197 BNS) or Section 292 (Sec.294 BNS) or Section 293 (Sec.295 BNS) or Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code” (Sec.299 BNS). Section...
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  • Yaariyan 2 (category Indian coming-of-age comedy-drama films)
    actor Meezaan Jafri. The FIR was filed at the E Division Police Station by Amritsar Police under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code in an effort to purposefully...
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  • crown took over the administration in India. The Indian Penal Code, 1861 was passed by the British parliament. The CrPC was created for the first time ever...
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    atheist or agnostic school of philosophy in the Indian religions. Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code has been used as a blasphemy law to prevent insulting...
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    Wendy Doniger (category Alumni of the University of Oxford)
    criminal prosecution under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. In 2014, as part of a settlement agreement reached with plaintiff, The Hindus was recalled...
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  • Rangila Rasul (category 20th-century Indian books)
    of India in 1927, which led to the current section 295A of the Indian Penal Code that is in use today, which states: 295A. Deliberate and malicious acts...
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    Mohammed Zubair (journalist) (category Use Indian English from March 2024)
    after being accused of "hurting religious sentiments". The charges under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the IT Act were pressed...
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    The Pakistan Penal Code outlaws blasphemy (Urdu: قانون ناموس رسالت) against any recognized religion, with punishments ranging from a fine to the death...
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  • Kissi Se Na Kehna (category Use Indian English from October 2015)
    after being accused of "hurting religious sentiments". The charges under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the IT Act were pressed...
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    the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (formerly Indian Penal Code)...
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  • Angarey (category Indian literature)
    on the book. Four months after publication, on 15 March 1933, the book was banned by the government of the United Provinces under Section 295A of the Indian...
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  • Rashid Jahan (category Use Indian English from July 2018)
    to the government. In March 1933, the British colonial government banned the book for violating religious freedoms under Section 295A of the Indian Penal...
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    restrictions" are defined in Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Section 499 of Indian Penal Code has now been replaced by Section 356 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita)...
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  • 2015 Guru Granth Sahib desecration controversy (category Use Indian English from March 2018)
    2015, the Punjab Cabinet approved an amendment to the Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. The new Section 295AA carried a maximum sentence of life in...
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  • "Totalising history, silencing dissent". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 February 2014. "Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860, Section 295A". Vakilno1.com. Retrieved February...
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  • on the book The Hindus: An Alternative History by Doniger. In 2011, Batra filed suit against Doniger and Penguin Publishing under Section 295A of the Indian...
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