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.