Section 313(1)(a) in The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888
(a)place or deposit upon any street or upon any open channel, drain or well in any streets [or in any public place] [These words were inserted by Bombay 19 of 1930, Section 13.] any stall, chair, bench, box, ladder, bale or other thing so as to form an obstruction thereto or encroachment thereon;