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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 459: Grievous hurt caused whilst committing lurking house trespass or housebreaking
- Section 339: Wrongful restraint
- Section 421: Dishonest or fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent distribution among creditors
- Section 239: Delivery of coin, possessed with knowledge that it is counterfeit
- Section 113: Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor
Related Acts
- Dam Safety Act, 2021
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020
- Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
- The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
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