What is black magic act?

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Such an act may be covered under Section 508 IPC which provides punishment for an "act caused by inducing person to believe that he will be rendered an object of the Divine displeasure". For example, if A sits dhurna at Z’s door with the intention of causing it to be believed that, by so sitting, he renders Z an object of Divine displeasure. You may therefore file a criminal complaint under such provisions. Further, you may apply for a restraining order for the Courts. Feel free to get in touch if we could be of further assistance to you.

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The Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013 is acriminal law act for the state of Maharashtra, India, originally drafted by anti-superstition activist and the founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), Narendra Dabholkar (1945-2013) in 2003.The act criminalises practices related to black magic, human sacrifices, use of magic remedies to cure ailments and other such acts which exploit people's superstitions. The bill was initially promulgated on 24 August 2013, and was formally introduced in the winter session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Nagpur in December 2013.

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