Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
Section 270
A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is guilty of an illegal Public
omission which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to the nuisance. 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. 74 THE ____________________________________________________________ GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [Part II— ____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life.