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IPC Section 510 - Misconduct in public by a drunken person
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 510 deals with misconduct in public by a drunken person.
Full official legal text
510. Misconduct in public by a drunken person. 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.
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