Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday declared that the government had to discuss a bunch of changes that could be made to the alcohol prohibition law in consultation with top lawyer Gopal Subramaniam. “Bihar’s tough prohibition law could be tweaked soon to address concerns that government officials abused its provisions,” he added.
The changes in the decision have come after the state government faced a lot of criticism from the opposition parties after a large number of people were arrested in the state for violating the ban of possessing or consuming alcohol. According to sources, the state government is also thinking to make most offences bailable unless the suspect is a repeat offender.
The current prohibition law states that the suspect will have to spend time in jail because the offence has been classified as non-bailable. This means that the suspect cannot seek bail as a matter of right but a court gets to exercise its discretion.
Addressing an event Nitish Kumar said that “there had been complaints of misuse of the prohibition law and allegations of involvement of those in the government machinery, this problem too would be solved after a review being carried out.” “Yes, people are criticising, but I am willing to face all the criticism and consequences of my actions,” added Kumar.
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