In Maharastra, the state where Pune is in, drinking light beer is legal from the age of 21 and hard liquor from the age of 25. All this prefaced with the condition that one holds a license. The license is to buy, transport and possess alcohol. Word in the street is that this law is only to bust illegal liquor shops that appear. Also, restaurants and bars can own a license that covers all their patrons.
Funny the reach of corruption where indian multimillionaires(who own the kingfisher brewery) defaulted on millions of dollars of loans and now peacefully live in a flat in London. And here is us, carefully treading the fine lines of the law…