Amid allegations of ineffective implementation of the law and recent hooch tragedies inBihar, the State Government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said.
A person who is caught drunk for the first time may not be arrested but let off after payment of a fine on the spot, said the official privy to the matter. A person repeatedly violating the norms of liquor prohibition law would be liable to face a jail term.
An amendment bill is likely to be tabled in the next session of the assembly in February.