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Liquor Cases Make Up 33% of Madhya Pradesh Crimes
Madhya Pradesh recorded fewer total crimes over the past three years.
However, liquor-related cases still made up a large share of all reported crimes.
These cases included selling, transporting or drinking illegal liquor, as well as drunk driving and roadside drinking.
More than 32 people died recently after drinking poisonous liquor in Sagar district.
In 2025, police registered more than 80,000 cases linked to the Excise Act.
The state says falling crime numbers show that law and order is improving.
Critics say the large number of liquor cases shows that illegal liquor remains a serious problem.
Courts and lawmakers have introduced severe punishments for liquor offences that cause deaths.
Liquor-related offences accounted for 33% of crimes registered in Madhya Pradesh, despite an overall decline in reported crime.
Total registered crimes fell from more than 4.94 lakh in 2023 to 4.49 lakh in 2024 and 4.35 lakh in 2025.
More than 80,000 excise-related cases were registered in 2025, involving roadside drinking, liquor transport and similar offences.
More than 32 people reportedly died after consuming spurious liquor in Banda, Sagar district.
A Morena court sentenced 14 people convicted of making and selling toxic liquor to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each.
- Who
- Police, excise-law suspects and people affected by illicit or spurious liquor in Madhya Pradesh.
- What
- Liquor-related offences accounted for 33% of registered crimes, while overall crime declined over three years.
- Where
- Across Madhya Pradesh, including Banda in Sagar district and Jaura in Morena district.
- When
- The figures cover 2023 through 2025; more than 32 deaths occurred recently, and the Morena convictions were reported in November 2025.
- Why
- The cases involved illegal liquor manufacture, sale, purchase, transport, consumption, roadside drinking and drunk driving.
Police and Law-and-Order Position
Concerns Over Illicit Liquor
Meaning of falling crime numbers
Police and Law-and-Order Position
The police department says the decline in total registered crime indicates that law and order has improved in Madhya Pradesh.
Concerns Over Illicit Liquor
The report says officials avoided directly answering questions about illicit liquor trading, which remained a major source of registered cases.
Extent of the liquor problem
Police and Law-and-Order Position
Officials can point to the overall decline in registered crime and the reduction in illicit-liquor cases.
Concerns Over Illicit Liquor
Liquor-related offences still represented 33% of registered crime, and more than 80,000 excise-related cases were recorded in 2025.
Key facts
- Registered crimes in 2023
- More than 4.94 lakh cases
- Registered crimes in 2024
- 4.49 lakh cases
- Registered crimes in 2025
- 4.35 lakh cases
- Liquor-related share
- 33% of total registered crime, according to the report
- Excise-related cases in 2025
- More than 80,000 cases
- Deaths from spurious liquor
- More than 32 people in Banda, Sagar district
- Recent conviction
- Fourteen people received 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and fines in November 2025
Sources
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