public places or taking out wedding procession, or mounting a horse or any other vehicle during wedding processions; (C) entering any place of worship which ... cause destruction of any building which is ordinarily used as a place of worship or as a place for human dwelling or as a place
three years, or with fine, or with both. Offence committed in place of worship, etc.— (2) Whoever commits an offence specified in sub-section ... place of worship or in any assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend
Indian Penal Code, 1860
295. Injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class.—
Whoever destroys, damages or defiles ... place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class
with both. (3) Offence under sub-section (2) committed in place of worship, etc.— Whoever commits an offence specified in sub-section ... place of worship or in an assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship or religious ceremonies, shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend
will between classes or offence relating to such statement in any place of worship or in any assembly engaged in the performance of religious worship ... this Act; or (j) section 6 (offence of conversion of a place of worship) of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions
Section 4 in The Places Of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
4. Declaration as to the religious character of certain places of worship ... hereby declared that the religious character of a place of worship existing on the 15th day of August, 1947 shall continue to be the same
public worship means a place, by whatever name known, which is used as a place of public religious worship or which is dedicated generally ... subsidiary shrines appurtenant or attached to any such place; (ii) a privately owned place of worship which is, in fact, allowed by the owner thereof
Section 3 in The Places Of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
3. Bar of conversion of places of worship
.No person shall convert any place ... worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination
Section 6 in The Places Of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991
6. Punishment for contravention of section 3
(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section
Monuments And Archaeological Sites And Remains Act, 1958
16. Protection of place of worship from misuse, pollution or desecration .-
(1) A protected monument maintained ... Central Government under this Act which is a place of worship or shrine shall not be used for any purpose inconsistent with its character
