IPC Section 298 is now BNS Section 302
- IPC 298 (Uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) → BNS 302 Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person
Verbatim · BNS 302302. Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person.— Whoever, with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person, utters any word or makes any sound in the hearing of that person or makes any gesture in the sight of that person or places any object in the sight of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.
Read the full BNS Section 302 →
Offences committed before 1 July 2024 are still charged and tried under the IPC; the BNS applies to offences on or after that date.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.