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Achi news desk-
Before voting for Lok Sabha Elections (Lok Sabha Elections 2024), many people have various doubts. As part of solving such doubts, this is the information you always have for an alcoholic question.
The sale of liquor will be prohibited in all polling areas. In such a situation, people who like alcohol do not get alcohol. In this case, can any voter drink alcohol and vote? Can the police arrest you if you go to the polling station drunk? Can that person be prevented from voting under the Representation of the People Act?
Can you drink alcohol and go to vote?
On polling day, a big question is whether it is an offense to drink alcohol that has been transported and stored in your own home? Can a person be arrested by the police if they go to vote drunk? Can that voter be prevented from voting too? Here is the answer to that question.
Doing so is definitely wrong
It is wrong to misbehave after drinking alcohol which causes trouble for others. Generally, if people drive under the influence of alcohol, action is taken under Section 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988. But, if you behave in this way during elections, you can be booked for breaching a model code of conduct under the IPC.
These are the provisions of the Representation of the People Act
According to RK Srivastava, retired senior general secretary of the Election Commission, ‘If you create noise in or around the polling booth after consuming alcohol, if you belong to any party and cheer them on, if your behavior causes trouble for the applicant or anyone else. voters, action can be taken against you. It is an offense under the law to cheer on a candidate of any party by drinking alcohol in the polling booth. A case can be registered against you under Section 131 of the Representation of the People Act 1951 and you can be sent to jail. A police officer at the polling station can also file a case under IPC.
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An unnecessary case cannot be filed
But the sale of liquor is prohibited on election day. If any liquor shop is open or if any applicant is distributing liquor then you can complain about it. But if a person drinks alcohol at home and comes peacefully to vote, a case cannot be filed against him unnecessarily.
How much is the fine for drink driving?
Under the Motor Vehicles Act, if someone is found to have more than 30 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, they can be fined or imprisoned, or both, if found guilty under the law. A first time drink driving conviction can result in a fine of up to Rs 10,000 and a jail term of up to 6 months, or both. At the same time, if caught a second time, a fine of Rs 15,000 and imprisonment up to 2 years can be imposed. After this, ie if caught for the third time, the offender’s driving license can be revoked.
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