Bihar court makes first conviction under anti-liquor law 
A Bihar district court has sentenced two brothers to a five-year jail term and imposed a fine of ?1 lakh each for drinking, reportedly in the first conviction under the state's anti-liquor law. The brothers, both daily wagers, were arrested on May 29 this year. More than 25,000 people have been charged with violating the prohibition law in Bihar.
Jehanabad (Bihar), Jul 10 (PTI) Consuming liquor in this central district of the dry state of Bihar has proved costly for two brothers with a court sentencing them to five years in jail and slapping a fine of Rs one lakh each. Additional District and Sessions Judge T N Tripathi held the duo guilty under the Bihar Prohibition And Excise Act, 2016. Besides sentencing the two brothers, Mastan Manjhi and Senter Manjhi, both residents of Oota locality under town police station of the district, to five years in jail, the court also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh each on them. 