Whoever,-
(a) opens, keeps or uses any place as a common driking house; or
(b) has the care, management or control of, or in any manner assists in conducting the business, of any place opened, kept or used as a common driking house, 1[shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both.]
(a) opens, keeps or uses any place as a common driking house; or
(b) has the care, management or control of, or in any manner assists in conducting the business, of any place opened, kept or used as a common driking house, 1[shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to five years or with fine which shall not be less than twenty-five thousand rupees but which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both.]
1 This portion was substituted for the portion beginning with the words "shall, on conviction" and ending with the words "one year and fine shall not be less than one thousand rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 11.