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Manufacturing illicit liquor - Sentence. - The offence of manufacturing illicit liquor implies a good deal of preparation. A man found in doing so must have done many times be- fore without detection and it is an offence which probably escapes detection and as it deprives the Govt. of revenue besides demoralising the people, deterrent sentences are necessary in such cases. The view that is sometimes expressed that because an excise offence is a malum prohibition and not a malum in se, the culprit should be mortified in pocket rather than in person is wholly incorrect. The legislature intended that substantial term of imprisonment should be awarded in these cases. Section 562 Cr. P.c. is intended to apply to those offenders (especially youthful ones) who without being persons of depraved character, may, on occasion succumb to sudden temptation.