IPC 268 — Public nuisance

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Statutory text

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.

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