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Section 268 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
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.
Related Sections
- Section 396: Dacoity with murder
- Section 67: Imprisonment for non-payment of fine, when offence punishable with fine only
- Section 185: Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
- Section 452: House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint
- Section 60: Sentence may be (in certain cases of imprisonment) wholly or partly rigorous or simple
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