Whether Actor is liable for failure to display Statutory warning on Alcohol Consumption in Film?

From such an aspect, this Court is of the view that

the actor of the film, whether he has done the lead role or

not, cannot be brought within the purview of the term

`whoever causes to exhibit any cinema' under Section 55 I

(2) of the Abkari Act.     Matters being so, the prosecution

proceedings against the petitioner in C.C.No.1869 of 2014

of   the     Judicial   First Class    Magistrate's Court-III,

Thiruvananthapuram, based on Annexure-A Final Report,


are liable to be quashed.
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

                                                     PRESENT:

             THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.KEMAL PASHA

            WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY 2016

                                           Crl.MC.No. 7342 of 2015 

            PRITHVIRAJ
            S/O. SUKUMARAN, CHANDRAKAMAL, 
Vs

            STATE OF KERALA
            

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Whether drinking liquor by woman while pregnant is a crime?

LONDON: Britain's Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected claims that a child born with severe brain damage because her mother drank excessively, while pregnant, was a victim of crime, a ruling which has important consequences for expectant women.

Lawyers acting for the girl, now aged 7 and known only as CP, argued that she should be entitled to compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority as her mother, who had an alcohol addiction, had inflicted "grievous bodily harm" by poisoning her. The girl, now in the care of a local authority which brought the claim, was born with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder that can cause severe learning difficulties and growth problems. The mother had been drinking eight cans of strong lager and half a bottle of vodka a day.

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