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Public, includes a section of the public. The word 'public', includes in its ordinary acceptation, any section of the public, Venkataraman Devani v. State of Mysore, AIR 1958 SC 255: (1958) SCR 895: (1985) SCJ 382: (1958) 1 Andh WR (SC) 109: (1958) 1 Mad LJ 109 (SC).

Is a term of uncertain import, used with many different shades of meaning; public policy, public rights of way, public property, public authority, public nuisance, public house, public school, public company, Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. C 61.

Public, is ordinarily used with reference to a joint body of citizens. It means that it is shared in or participated in or enjoyed by people at large, Otherwise, it is common to all the people, Azam Khan v. State of Andhra Pradesh, (1972) 2 Andh WR 288: (1972) Mad LJ (Cr) 674.

The word 'public' includes any class of the public or any community. [Penal Code, 1860, s. 12]