IPC Section 293 — Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person

Summary

This section makes it a crime to sell, rent, show, or give any obscene material to someone under 20 years old. It also covers offering or trying to do any of these things. For a first offence, the punishment can be up to three years in jail and a fine of up to two thousand rupees. If a person is convicted a second or later time, the punishment increases to up to seven years in jail and a fine of up to five thousand rupees.

Official Text

Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of twenty years any such obscene object as is referred to in the last preceding section, or offers or attempts so to do, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and also with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

Related Judgments

• SANKAR DASTIDAR v. SHRIMATI BANJULA DASTIDAR AND ANR. DECEMBER 5, 2006 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• SETTU AND ORS v. STATE OF TAMIL NADU AUGUST 22, 2006 — Supreme Court of India (S)
• RANJIT D. UDESHI v. STATE OF MAHARAS — Supreme Court of India (1965)
• P.A.SHAH v. STATE — Supreme Court of India (S)
• INDIAN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION (AHAR) v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA A B C D E F G H 382 SUPREME COURT REPORTS — Supreme Court of India (2019)
• S.C.R. 853 DEVI DAS RAMACHANDRA TULJAPURKAR v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA& ORS — Supreme Court of India (2015)
• STATE OF HARYANA v. SMT. KAMLA AND ORS. APRIL 30, 1996 B — Supreme Court of India (S)
• S.C.R. 1015 SHARAT BABU DIGUMARTI v. GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI — Supreme Court of India (2016)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BNS §295 — Sale, etc., of obscene objects to child