BNS Section 279: Fouling water of public spring or reservoir

IPC Section 277 is covered by BNS Section 279.

1. BNS 279IPC: 277Changed

   Fouling water of public spring or reservoir.

   The upper limit of the imprisonment is increased from three months to six months and fine is increased from five hundred to five thousand rupees.

Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) to the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.