The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

§292 — Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for

Whoever commits a public nuisance in any case not otherwise punishable by this Sanhita shall be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.

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Old lawIPC §290Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for New lawBNS §292Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for

IPC §290 → BNS §292 per the official NCRB Sankalan table. Marked "(Change)" — substance modified; compare texts.

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Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (45 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250883_english_01042024.pdf; canonical mirror indiacode.nic.in bitstream a202345.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -layout and @nexlex/ingest gazette-pdf parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification of sections 1, 63, 103, 302, 358; full clause-level proofread pending.

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