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Mostly because the people in China know that violence would happen as the government reminds the people from time to time. So they keep quite and obey.

Since India doesn't do this regularly, they have to give a crash course to people who think that the law won't touch them

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In reality though the law can't really touch them. I think the fines are quite small amounts like 4$ dollars for violating containment etc, and its bailable too, so legally police don't have a strong imperative to do anything much except chalk a fine.

That too could be challenged, I doubt if all those quarantined, isolated etc in India has been given formal quarantine orders, considering the chaos at airports.

And additionally at this juncture government wouldn't want to overcrowd the prisons at this point of time.

Containment is technically restricted to passengers who arrived in India after 2/15. There is no such restriction for the rest of the population... Of course, with India, there is the legal theory and its 'practice'. I imagine the police will make a killing with all the bribes in the coming weeks.

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