New Delhi: A court in New Delhi has upheld the jail term of a 22-year-old youth in a drunk driving case, saying that 'a young person if spared of adequate punishment at this stage may not realise consequence of the wrong done by him.'

Special Judge Narottam Kaushal made the observation while dismissing a revision petition filed by Delhi resident Santosh against a magisterial court's March 7, 2015 order sending him to 10 days in jail and imposing a fine of Rs 4,000. "The fact that a young boy of about 22 years was found heavily drunk and driving the two-wheeler, calls for a deterrent punishment. The corrective theory of sentencing has a societal angle to it.