The Bombay High Court has ruled that the police cannot resort to physical violence while dealing with lockdown violators. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC was hearing a PIL that alleged that certain police personnel were guilty of gross violation of human rights as they subjected lockdown violators to 'inhuman indignities'.

Justice Rohit B Deo of the Nagpur bench was hearing the PIL filed by Sandip Madhu Nair, which said that morning walkers and senior citizens were being publicly humiliated. They were photographed holding placards declaring they were enemies of the nation. Moreover, photographs of the lockdown violators have been published in prominent newspapers, and had gone viral on social media. Nair also alleged that as a law enforcing agency the police are entitled to take all possible measures within the ambit of the law to enforce the lockdown but humiliating a citizen is infringement of constitutional rights guaranteed under Article 21.