BNS Section 285 — Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
Section 285 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 addresses “Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation”. Read the provision below with its qualifications, exceptions and chapter context; the official source is linked alongside it.
285. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.—Whoever, by doing any act, or by omitting to take order with any property in his possession or under his charge, causes danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of navigation, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees. ¶
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