498B
Prohibition of forced
marriage.
Shall not
arrest
without
warrant.
Warrant
Not Bailable
Not Compoundable.
Imprisonment of
either description
which may extend
to 7 years but
shall not less than
3 years, or with a
fine of rupees
Court of
Sessions
or
Magistrate
of first
class.
500,000/" 1[and
in case of a female
child or a non
M uslim woman,
imprisonment
upto ten years and
not less than five
years and fine
upto one million
rupees.]
498C
Prohibition of
marriage with the
Holy Quran.
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Imprisonment
of either
description
which may
extend to 7
years but shall
not less than 3
years, or with a
fine of rupees
500,000/
Ditto..
imprisonment
for 2 years, or
fine, or both,
and in case of
originator the
imprisonment
of either
description for
5 years, or fine,
or both.
Court of
Session
CHAPTER XXI. ‑ DEFAMATION
2[500
Defamation
501
Printing or engraving
matter knowing it to
be defamatory.
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
imprisonment
for 2 years, or
fine, or both.
Ditto]
502
Sale of printed or
engraved subs tance
containing
defamatory mat ter,
knowing it to contain
such matter.
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
Ditto ..
504
Insult intended to
provoke a breach of
the peace.
Shall not
arrest
without
warrant.
Warrant ..
Bailable ..
Compoundable.
Imprisonment
of either
description for
2 years, or fine,
or both.
Any
Magistrate.
505
False statement,
rumour,
etc., circulated with
intent to cause
mutiny or offence
against the public
peace.
3[May
Ditto ..
Not
bailable.
Not compoundable.
3[Imprisonment
4* * *
of either
description for
7 years, and
fine.]
Magistrate
of the first
class.
Shall not
arrest
without
warrant.
Warrant
arrest
without
warrant.
Bailable
1 Ins by Act IV of 2017, s. 4.
2 Subs. by Act IX of 04, s. 9.
3 Subs. by the Criminal Law (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (6 of 1973), s. 3, for "Ditto". (w.e.f. 28773).
4 The words "Presidency Magistrate" and by implication the word "or" omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch.
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