Drinking in the car: Having a drinking party with friends in a car on weekends or any other occasion can prove to be costly for you. Often, instead of drinking at home, people park their car on the roadside and start drinking with friends, but they do not realize that they can get into trouble because of their actions. The trend of drinking parties with friends on deserted roads is increasing, and people think that drinking in a car is their private place and no case will be filed against them. So this is the biggest misconception. Let us tell you what is the provision of punishment for converting a car into a bar and how is the punishment given if caught.
What do experts say
Experts say that alcohol is a matter of the state government. Any government has the right to limit the amount of alcohol in the state. But drinking alcohol inside a car is a violation of the law. Public places are all those places where common people are allowed to come and go. Almost all places are included in these. If a car is parked on the roadside, it means it is parked in a public place, but if the same car is parked in the garage of your house, then it will come in your private space.
Doing antisocial activities in a public place is a punishable offense. Drinking alcohol in public is also an antisocial act which can cause trouble to the public. If your car is parked somewhere and you do not have to go anywhere, then can you sit inside it and drink alcohol? Whether drinking alcohol in a parked car is a crime or not depends on where you have parked the car. If your car is parked in your private property then you are not violating any law, but if you park your car in a public place and drink alcohol then you are taking the law in your own hands, and we have already told you what public places are.
This is the provision for punishment
If a person drinks alcohol or is found intoxicated while driving, he may have to pay a hefty fine for it. If you are caught driving in a drunken state, you may have to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 or be jailed for 6 months. If you are caught in the same condition for the second time, you may have to pay a fine of up to Rs 15,000 and the jail sentence can be increased from 6 months to 2 years. Earlier, the fine for drunk driving used to be Rs 2,000, which has been increased to Rs 10,000.
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