Uttar Pradesh: New law to tackle deaths from illicit liquor may carry death penalty
Yogi Adityanath
The law will charge the guilty with life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 10 lakh. A provision?of capital punishment has also been?added
The Uttar Pradesh government will introduce a law to prevent deaths from the consumption of poisonous alcohol in the state.
The law will charge the guilty with life imprisonment and a fine up to Rs 10 lakh. A provisionof capital punishment has also beenadded,UP Excise Minister Jai Pratap Singh said as reported by ANI.
The Uttar Pradesh Excise Act 2010 will be amended and a new Section 60 (A) will be added, Hindustan Times reports.The recommendations have been passed as an ordinance and will be incorporated into law in the next session.
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The state's move comes after the death of twenty-six people in Etah district's Aliganj city in July 2016 illicit liquor.
The deaths had resulted in a state-wide crackdown on the production and sale of illicit liquor following which a huge quantity of illicit liquor and its raw material was recovered from various places across the state.
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