The National Criminal Procedure(Code) Act, 2017 of the country has a provision that prohibits spreading any kind of infectious disease which may endanger the life of any person.
If anyone breaks the law intentionally or deliberately, there is a provision of imprisonment for up to 10 years and a penalty of up to Rs 100,000.
Given that the ongoing pandemic is a contagious disease, if anyone spread the disease deliberately, he/she will be punished accordingly.
