● Retained in BNS
Section 268 defines public nuisance -- an act or omission causing common injury, danger or annoyance to the public. BNS Section 270 reproduces the definition unchanged; the residual punishment sits in the companion section (290, now BNS 292).
Section 268 IPC defined public nuisance as an act or illegal omission causing common injury, danger or annoyance to the public or to people dwelling or occupying property in the vicinity, or which necessarily causes injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to persons exercising a public right -- with the further statement that a common nuisance is not excused merely because it also causes some convenience or advantage.
BNS Section 270 reproduces the IPC 268 definition with identical substantive content, merging the two original sentences into one continuous sentence -- a punctuation and formatting change only, with no change of meaning.
Unchanged in substance. The only difference is a cosmetic sentence-merge with no effect on meaning.
This is a definitional provision; the residual punishment and its associated defences sit under the companion punishment section, IPC 290 / BNS 292.
Summaries are for general information and are not legal advice. For the authoritative bare-act text, see the official Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Indian Penal Code, 1860 (full amended text, as it stood before repeal) on India Code, or the Ministry of Home Affairs' new criminal laws page. ← All comparisons