A.”Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of the citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written or by visible representations, insults or attempts to insult the religion or the beliefs of that class shall be punished with imprisonment “ under Section 295 -A. B.”It is no defence to a prosecution under S.298 that religious feelings were deliberately shocked or wounded by the accused in order to draw attention to some matter in need of reform. Under S.295-A , it would be a good defence to say “I had no malicious intention towards a class, but I did intend to would and shock the feelings of an individual, so that attention might, however rudely, be called to a reform which I had in view” AND ESCAPE . C. “... It was held that the act of the accused would amount to an offence under this section [Sec.295] , if the idol could not be touched by any one except the priests and if the object of the accused in performing the ritual was to ridicule openly the established custom” . Sacred Objects: “An idol of a Hindu God is a sacred object and it is worshipped. A tomb of a Mohammedan Saint is an object of veneration” . THESE A, B, C illustrations of IPC clarifies the real status of Offences including defiling relating to Religion and, the differences set BETWEEN “ Class of persons of one Religion insulting any other class of other Religion “ AND ‘ Any person of One Religion insulting with deliberate intention of shocking or wounding the religious feelings of any other person ‘ LEADING THE WHOLE ISSUE OF MALICE EXEMPTED/LEFT OUT IF THE CONTINUED ACTS DECADES TOGETHER ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. D. Promoting Enmity between Classes under Section 153 A of IPC specifies “ The essence of the offence defined in the Section is malicious intention” . But, many getting escaped , and many issues are not being considered as out of malicious intention . The clashes , rivalry , unrest in the society between Castes, Communities also creating between Religions and , the Religious Belief and Custom. The repeat incidents decades together need to be understood as will full , intentional and with malafied intentions AND THERE IS FAST NEED TO REDRESS AND REFORM suitably . Peace, Pleasantness, Safety and secured fraternity will be possible when these issues are reset for a better Social Life lead with committed/realized responsibility .
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