Section 263(5) in Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976
(5)No owner or occupier shall allow the water of any sink, drain or privy or the drainage from any stable or place, or any other filth to run-down on or to be put upon, any street or into any drain in or alongside of any street, except in such manner as shall prevent any avoidable nuisance from any such filth soaking into the wells or ground at the side of the said drain.