The FIR stated that when the team of government officials designated to collect data on Covid-19 visited the society, the applicant, who was present in the society premises, obstructed their work and persuaded society members not to share any information.
While granting bail to a 55-year-old man, the Bombay High Court Tuesday directed him to pay Rs 10,000 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund after he was booked for causing obstruction to government servants visiting his residential colony for collecting data in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A single-judge bench of Justice Bharati Dangre heard the bail plea through video-conference.
The man, secretary of a residential society in Mira Road, was booked for getting into a heated argument with officials on Covid-19 duty and obstructing a squad of health staff and ASHA workers by persuading colony members to not share information with them.
Naya Nagar Police Station on Mira Road charged the man on March 31 under sections 353 (punishment for assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 188 ( punishment for disobeying order promulgated by public servant), 269 (punishment for negligent act likely to spread…
