VidhiSangh

Indian Penal Code, 1860

Section 510: Misconduct in public by a drunken person

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for offences committed before repeal and other liabilities, investigations or proceedings preserved by BNS section 358; do not use it as the current general penal code.

Chapter XXII — Of Criminal Intimidation, Insult and Annoyance

510. Whoever, in a state of intoxication, appears in any public place, or in any place which it is a trespass in him to enter, and there conducts himself in such a manner as to cause annoyance to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty-four hours, or with fine which may extend to ten rupees, or with both.

Source: official text of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.