Jimmy Shergill booked for defying COVID-19 rules during web series shoot in Punjab

The Ludhiana police has booked an FIR against Jimmy Shergill for flouting Covid-19 rules. The actor is accused of defying the Covid lockdown while shooting for the web series, Your Honor 2, in a private school in Ludhiana, Punjab. Sub inspector Harjit Singh said that 150 crew members were shooting for the series at Arya Senior Secondary School in Ludhiana at 8pm, two hours after curfew had been enforced to check the spread of Covid-19. The lockdown has been imposed from 6pm to 5am in Punjab to curb the spread of the pandemic. Nivas and crew members Akashdeep Singh and Mandeep Singh were arrested and granted bail. When the police reached, a court scene was being shot for the second season of Your Honor in which Shergill plays the role of a judge. It is an adaptation of an Israeli web series by the same name. 
A case has been registered at the division number 1 police station under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act. The school authorities said that the crew had received permission from the Ludhiana commissioner of police Rakesh Agrawal for shooting the scene on the premises.

School principal Rajinder Kumar said, “We allowed the crew to shoot for the series after they got the permission from the commissioner of police. The production team had sought permission for 10 days between April 23 and May 2 and were shooting at different places on the campus. ”Your Honor is set in the city of Ludhiana, Punjab. The plot revolves around an honest court judge named Bishan Khosla (played by Jimmy Shergill) and his teenage son who gets involved in a hit and run car accident. The cast also includes Mita Vashisht, Parul Gulati, Pulkit Makol, Yashpal Sharma, Richa Pallod, Varun Badola, Mahabir Bhullar, Suhasini Mulay and Kunj Anand in prominent roles. Jimmy Shergill  is known for his works in films like, Maachis, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S, Hum Tum, A Wednesday and Tanu Weds Manu.