2 Kota men to do community service for drinking in public
SP (Kota) Tejaswani Gautam said that due to the efforts of Railway Colony and Bhorkheda police stations, the district's first, and possibly Rajasthan's first, case was ordered by the court to be punished with community service.
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Gautam said both men were booked under Section 355 of the BNS for misconduct in public under the influence of alcohol.
In the first case, she said that Mukesh Kumar was stopped during a police drive after a breath analyser showed his alcohol level far above the permissible limit. He was booked under Section 355 of the BNS. On Monday, the court sentenced him to two days of community service at Government Mahatma Gandhi Higher Secondary School in Sogariya.
He will carry out cleaning and plant maintenance on Aug 25 and 26, beginning at 7.30am.
The school principal has been directed to monitor his attendance and submit a compliance report to the court.
In the second case, Gautam said, accused Imran was found with a high level of alcohol. Since it was his first offence, the court Tuesday sentenced him to community service at Government Satellite Hospital, Rampura. He will assist with cleaning, patient care, and other social work at the hospital on Aug 25 and 26.
The medical officer has been instructed to provide proof of his attendance to the court.
Gautam said the BNSS includes community service as an innovative punishment for minor crimes. Section 23 defines it as work ordered by a court for the benefit of the community, without remuneration. "This approach emphasises restorative justice and aims to reform offenders rather than simply incarcerating them," she said.
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