Misconduct in public by a drunken person
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Summary
A person who is intoxicated and appears in a public place, or in a place where he has no right to be, and behaves so as to cause annoyance to any person, commits an offence. The punishment can be simple imprisonment for up to 24 hours, or a fine up to ten rupees, or both. It applies only where the drunken conduct happens in public or after unauthorised entry and actually annoys someone.
Example
Ravi gets drunk, goes into a neighbour's courtyard without permission and shouts, disturbing the family. He can be prosecuted and punished with up to 24 hours simple imprisonment, or a fine up to ten rupees, or both because his drunken conduct in a place he had no right to enter caused annoyance.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhoever, 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.
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