Claiming the ability to invoke ghosts, causing a panic or intimidating others by threatening to invoke ghosts, or creating the impression of possession, preventing the person from seeking medical treatment, and compelling him/her to inhuman acts.

Accusing a person of practising black magic, parading him/her naked and hindering the person's activities.

Accusing a person of practising black magic or being an incarnation of saitan ( Satan), blaming him/her of causing diseases or misfortune, and harassing the person.

Creating the impression that a person has supernatural powers and compelling people to follow his/her orders.Carrying out or encouraging inhuman acts or human sacrifice in quest of some bounty or reward.Carrying out or encouraging acts which endanger life or cause grievous injury in order to gain supernatural powers.Claiming and broadcasting the ability to perform miracles and defrauding or terrorising people by such means.on the pretext of exorcising ghosts from an allegedly possessed person. Assault, torture, forced ingestion of human excreta, forced sexual acts, branding etc.

The current bill has 12 clauses which criminalise only the following acts: In the aftermath of Dabholkar's murder, the resulting bill was promulgated on 26 August 2013, and was formally introduced in the winter session of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Nagpur in December 2013. The list of banned activities was continually reduced over the years. The act criminalises practices related to black magic, human sacrifices, use of magic remedies to cure ailments and other such acts which may exploit people's superstitions. The Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013 is a criminal 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. Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Bill, 2013 Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013

Black magic remedy