Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
XV · Section 270

Public nuisance

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

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.

Judgments on Section 270