Drinking in terrace of apartment/gated communities

• Yes drinking in apartment / terrace of the gated community forms part of nuisance in public place and laible to be prosecuted u/s 268 IPC as 
• The term ‘nuisance’ refers to causing unlawful inconvenience in the peace of another person. It is interference in the life or property of someone else.
• It differs from trespass as trespass is physical interference into another’s life or property.
• ‘Nuisance’ can be inflicted upon a private person’s property such an act falls under private nuisance.
• Public nuisance impacts the public at large.

It may not be  illegal.

But it's possible that it may be against the rules and regulations of that apartment association or society.

If it a private place no issues but, if it is a public place then the members may be advised to refrain from committing any nuisance, if they don't listen then the assocaition  can complain and the police have so much work in hand that they don’t care.

The police are interested in bigger cases and normally do not want to get entangled in minor issues, that they do not want to get engaged in.

But drinking is still a stigma within a society complex without the concurrence of other members of the society