Section 298:
Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings.
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 persons 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.