Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath amends 107-year-old law for capital punishment in hooch death cases in UP
In a stern message to those involved in illicit liquor trade in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has amended the Excise Act to provide capital punishment in hooch deaths.
The BJP government on Wednesday amended the 107-year-old UP Excise Act, 1910 approving capital punishment for those involved in manufacturing and selling illicit liquor resulting in permanent disability and deaths.
Uttar Pradesh has become the second state in the country after Gujarat to have introduced death penalty for the heinous crime which takes away many lives every year.
Unlike neigbhouring Bihar, which banned the liquor in the state, the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chose to amend the existing law and make it more stringent to check illicit liquor trade and at the same time increase its revenue from the excise.
The state had mopped up Rs 14,272 crore during 2016-17 from excise.
“The capital punishment will not only act as deterrent to spurious liquor trade but also curb the smuggling from neigbouring states which results in huge revenue losses to the state exchequer,” pointed the State Excise Minister Jai Pratap Singh.
The Cabinet approved many amendments into UP Excise Act, 1910 and added another Section 60 (K) which has recommended 10 year imprisonment or Rs 10 …read more
