Court fines three for not wearing mask in public
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 9
To teach a lesson to violators, a local court has imposed a fine on three persons for not wearing face mask in public places.
The court also fined another person for entertaining customers at a bar late in the night violating the orders issued by the Deputy Commissioner.
One more penalised for violating orders
The court also fined another person for entertaining customers at a bar late in the night violating the orders issued by the Deputy Commissioner.
The court imposed the fine after the police presented the challans against them in the court for trial. The police sent the challans after registering FIRs against them under Section 188 of the IPC.
Not wearing mask was made punishable offence
Masks were made compulsory for everyone in the city after the Covid-induced lockdown was imposed and not wearing it was made a punishable offence. Apart from police personnel, certain officers of the Administration and the MC were also authorised to issue challans for this offence.
Face masks were made compulsory for everyone in the city after the Covid-induced lockdown was imposed and not wearing it was made a punishable offence. Apart from police personnel, certain officers of the Administration and the MC also authorised to issue challans for this offence.
The challans were presented before the Court of TPS Randhawa, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh.
In one case, Atul Sharma was found without face mask near Government School, Mani Majra, on July 14, 2020. The court imposed a fine of Rs500 on the accused. In another case, the police found Ramesh Kumar roaming without a mask in the IT Park on June 7, 2020. He was ordered to pay a fine of Rs1,000 under Section 188 of the IPC.
Ram Babu was also found roaming without a face mask in the IT Park on April 24, 2020. He was ordered to pay a fine of Rs1,000.
In a separate case, a person, Jimmy Singh, was also fined for entertaining customers late in the night at Beach N Brew Bar, Sector 26, Chandigarh, without any permission in January 2020. He was fined Rs500 for the offence committed under Section 188 of the IPC.
