IPC Section 297 - Trespassing on burial places, etc

297. Trespassing on burial places, etc. Whoever, with the intention of wounding the feelings of

any person, or of insult ing the religion of any person or with the knowledge that the feelings of any

person are likely to be wounded, or that the religion of any person is likely to be insulted thereby,

commits any trespass in any place of worship or on any place of sepulture, or any place set apart for

the performance of funeral rites or as a depository for the remains of the dead, or offers any indignity to

any human corpse, or causes disturbance to any persons assembled for the per formance of funeral

ceremonies,

shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or

with fine, or with both.