Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class.-- Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Section 295: Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class
The Indian Penal Code, 1860Central Act · Act 45 of 1860
Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Indian Penal Code, 1860 |
|---|---|
| Section | 295 |
| Marginal note | Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | Repealed |
| Judgments citing it | 16 |
Judgments that turned on this provision
- CRM-M/36339/2025 of BIKRAM SINGH @ BIKRAMJIT SINGH Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHERHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2025-11-19
- C528/1973/2025 of MUKESH KUMAR ALIAS MUKUL GUPTA Vs STATE OF UTTARAKHANDHigh Court of Uttarakhand · 2025-11-07
- APPLN/1158/2022 of SHAIKH TAREQ MOHAMMAD ABDUL LATIF Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2024-10-11
- APL/617/2016 of THE CHIEF OFFICER, PANDHARPUR Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANRBombay High Court · 2023-11-02
- APL/672/2017 of SUNIL S/O NAGORAO WAGHMARE Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANRBombay High Court · 2023-07-07
- APL/59/2020 of ANIKET RAJENDRA MOHITE AND ORS Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANRBombay High Court · 2022-06-23
- APEAL/439/2021 of LUCKEYKUMAR S/O SUNIL RATHOD AND 3 OTHERS Vs STATE OF MAH.THR. PSO DHARNI DIST.AMRAVATI AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2022-03-14
- ABA/2594/2021 of DR NASIR AHMED MD ISMAIL SHAIKH Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2021-12-13
- APL/1060/2021 of ROHIT S/O GHANSHYAM PATEL AND 3 OTHERS Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THR. OFFICER IN CHARGE OF POLICE STATION KALMANA, NAGPUR AND ANOTHERBombay High Court · 2021-10-29
- ABA/1721/2019 of REHAN ABDUL SAMAD KHAN AND ORS Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2019-08-06
- APPLN/32/2014 of GAJANAN BAPURAO PAWAR AND ANOTHER Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2014-01-22
- ABA/35/2013 of SUHAS KUMAR AWARE AND ORS Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRABombay High Court · 2013-01-14
- APPLN/2348/2012 of PRAMOD HANUMANTRAO PUSAREKAR Vs THE STATE OF MAHBombay High Court · 2012-06-25
- CRR/927/2002 of INDERJIT BALI AND ORS Vs RAM SARUPHigh Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2006-10-23
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