State Through Excise Department Flying Squad No.1 Alibag vs Yashwant Krushna Thakur — 219/2025

Court Decision Summary The First Class Judicial Magistrate Court in Murud acquitted the accused, Yashwant Krishna Thakur, of charges under the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949, Section 65(E) for unlicensed liquor possession and sale. The court found that the prosecution failed to prove the offense beyond reasonable doubt, as no chemical analysis report of the seized liquor was submitted and no independent corroborating witness testimony was provided to establish that the seized material was indeed illicit country liquor. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.