This section covers making atmosphere noxious to health in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS 2003).
Making atmosphere noxious to health. Whoever voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the health of persons in general dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way, shall be punished with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
What was the old IPC code for Section 280 of BNS 2023?
In the Indian Penal Code, making atmosphere noxious to health was covered in S. 278*.