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119 Punishment for atrocities against women—(1) Any person who,—

(a) performs, in public places, any sexual gestures or acts degrading the dignity of women, or
(b) takes photographs or records videos or propagates them at any place in a manner affecting the reasonable privacy of women,

shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees or with both.

(2) Where any service provider or person in charge of a public place, who fails by deliberate omission to take reasonable action for the time being to prevent such a criminal act, if the victimized woman complaints that an offence under sub-section (1) had taken place in their presence or fails to inform the authorities concerned shall be an offence which on conviction be punishable with fine up to one thousand rupees.

120 Penalty for causing nuisance and violation of public order—If any person,—

(a) cleans furniture, article or vehicle or slaughters any animal or cleans any carcass or grooms any animal in a public place causing annoyance or inconvenience to the public,
(b) causes any vehicle or conveyance to remain in such a manner causing obstruction, inconvenience or danger to the public,
(c) defaces or covers a traffic sign or signboard reducing is visibility or readability,
(d) defaces walls, buildings or other structures without the prior permission of the custodian of the property,
(e) defiles water sources or water supply or cause hindrance to public sanitation activities or make public place dirty or causes serious damage to environment unlawfully,
(f) trespasses into a Government building or Government land,
(g) drives, drags or pushes any non-motorised vehicle at any time between half an hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise without sufficient light,