INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
268. Public nuisance
270. Public nuisance.
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INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860
268. Public nuisance.--A person is guilty of a public nuisance
who does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes any
common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people in
general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which must
necessarily cause injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to persons
who may have occasion to use any public right.
A common nuisance is not excused on the ground that it causes
some convenience or advantage.
Repealed / historical reference India Code — IPC 1860
BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA, 2023
270. Public nuisance.—A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an
illegal omission which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people in
general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which must necessarily cause injury, obstruction,
danger or annoyance to persons who may have occasion to use any public right but a common nuisance is
not excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or advantage.
Current law India Code — BNS 2023