BE Act 51Chapter VIII · Offences and Penalties
Section 51 · [ Penalty for selling spurious liquor. [Substituted by Bihar Act No. 3 of 2016, dated 31.3.2016.]
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- Whosoever sells or keeps or exposes for sale as foreign liquor imported into India which he knows or has reason to believe to be Indian liquor shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and with fine, which shall not be less than one lakh rupees but which may extend to ten lakh rupees.]
The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- Imprisonment for life
- Statutory minimum
- 10 years
- Fine
- ₹10,00,000
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Court of Session
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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