Indian Penal Code : Public nuisance. Indian Bare Acts :

Indian Penal Code,1860

Act No : 45

Section : Public nuisance.

268. Public nuisance.--A person is guilty of a public nuisancewho does any act or is guilty of an illegal omission which causes anycommon injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the people ingeneral who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which mustnecessarily cause injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to personswho may have occasion to use any public right. A common nuisance is not excused on the ground that it causessome convenience or advantage.