UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. File Photo
Cases of hooch deaths could now attract death penalty in Uttar Pradesh. UP cabinet on Tuesday decided to amend the excise act providing for death penalty or life imprisonment in cases of hooch deaths in the state.
The decision was taken at the meeting of the cabinet here, official sources said. The decision was taken to deter manufacturing and selling illicit liquor in the state. Hundreds of lives are lost every year in the state from hooch.
Sources said that the amount of penalty in cases involving manufacturing illicit liquor had also been substantially hiked.