The Sections invoked against sexual harassment included

1. 376 AB (punishment for rape of a woman aged below 12);
2. 302 (punishment for murder);
3. 367 (punishment for kidnapping a person with the intent to hurt);
4. 368 (punishment for wrongfully concealing or keeping in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person);
5. 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement);
6. 201 (punishment for causing disappearance of evidence); and
7. 34 (punishment for crime done by two or more persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

• The other charges made against the accused pertained to Section 5 (j) (iv) (g) (m)/6 of the POCSO Act and Section 3 (2) (v), 3 (1) (w) (i) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.