In South Asian countries, tearing up paper and throwing it at someone may be offensive but is rarely seen as a serious offence. In the UK, the same act has just cost a man nearly Rs 3 lakh for ripping a parking ticket off his windscreen and hurling it at a traffic warden.
A UK man was ordered to pay nearly Rs 3 lakh after ripping up a parking ticket and throwing it at a traffic enforcement officer, an act the court treated as littering and abuse of a public official.
Lang did not attend the hearing, and the court found him guilty in his absence. We will not tolerate any abuse towards our officers.” Truro Magistrates’ Court heard the case on Wednesday, October 14, 2026. The court ordered Lang to pay a 250-Pound fine (about Rs 31,733), 1,920.90 Pounds in legal costs (about Rs 2.43 lakh) and a 100-pound victim surcharge (about Rs 12,693), taking his total penalty to roughly Rs 2.87 lakh, according to The Metro.
Cllr Thalia Marrington, Cornwall’s cabinet member for community safety and public health, said: “It is both unacceptable to litter and to be aggressive to an officer doing her job.
