What are the offences affecting the public health, safety, convenience, decency, morals and punishment for the crime? Classification of offences under Section 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294 and 294A of Indian Penal Code 1860

Section

Offence

Punishment

Cognizable or non-cognizable

Bailable or non-bailable

By what court triable

269 IPC

Negligently doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

270 IPC

Malignantly doing any act known to be likely to spread infection of any disease dangerous to life

Imprisonment for 2 years, or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

271 IPC

Knowingly disobeying any quarantine rule

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

272 IPC

Adulterating food or drink intended for sale, so as to make the same noxious

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

273 IPC

Selling any food or drink as food and drink, knowing the same to be noxious

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

274 IPC

Adulterating any drug or medical preparation intended for sale so as to lesson its efficacy, or to change its operation, or to make it noxious

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

275 IPC

Offering for sale or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation known to have been adulterated

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

276 IPC

Knowingly selling or issuing from a dispensary any drug or medical preparation as a different drug or medical preparation

Imprisonment for 6 month, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

277 IPC

Defiling the water of a public spring or reservoir

Imprisonment for 3 months, of fine of 500 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

278 IPC

Making atmosphere noxious to health

Fine of 500 rupees

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

279 IPC

Driving or riding on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, etc

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

280 IPC

Navigating any vessel so rashly negligently as to endanger human life, etc

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

281 IPC

Exhibition of a false light, mark or buoy

Imprisonment for 7 years, or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Magistrate of the first class

282 IPC

Conveying for hire any person by water, in a vessel in such a state or so loaded, as to endanger his life

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine of 1,000 rupees, or, both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

283 IPC

Causing danger, obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation

Fine of 200 rupees

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

284 IPC

Dealing with any poisonous substance so as to endanger human life, etc

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

285 IPC

Dealing with fire or any combustible matter so as to endanger human life, etc

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

286 IPC

So dealing with any explosive substance

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

287 IPC

So dealing with any machinery

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

288 IPC

A person omitting to guard against probable danger to human life by the fall of any building over which he has a right entitling him to pull it down or repair it

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

289 IPC

A person omitting to take order with any animal in his possession, so as to guard against danger to human life, or of grievous hurt, from such animal

Imprisonment for 6 months or fine of 1,000 rupees, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

290 IPC

Committing a public nuisance

Fine of 200 rupees

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

291 IPC

Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue

Simple imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

292 IPC

Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc

On first conviction, with imprisonment for 2 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and, in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for five years and with fine of 5,000 rupees

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

293 IPC

Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young persons

On first conviction, with imprisonment for 3 years, and with fine of 2,000 rupees, and in the event of second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for 7 years, and with fine of 5,000 rupees

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

294 IPC

Obscene songs

Imprisonment for 3 months, or fine, or both

Cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

294A IPC

Keeping a lottery office

Imprisonment for 6 months, or fine, or both

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate

Publishing proposals relating to lotteries

Fine of 1,000 rupees

Non-cognizable

Bailable

Any Magistrate