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Hate Crime against Brahmins in India

Laws on Hate Crime in India

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Hate Crime against Brahmins in India

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  1. Hate Crime against Brahmins in India Hate Crime Laws in India

  2. Hate crime is a punishable offense Hate speech on the grounds of a caste or community with a purpose to introduce hatred or insult religious beliefs is a legal offense in India as per section 153(A) and 295(A)

  3. Section 153a Whoever (a) by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise, promotes or attempts topromote, on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatredor ill-will between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities, or

  4. Section 153a • (b) commits any act which is prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony between different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities, and which disturbs or is likely to disturb the public tranquillity, . . . shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.

  5. Section 295a • Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of [citizens of India], [by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise], insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to [three years], or with fine, or with both.

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