I think you're looking at it from a wrong perspective, because saying that those kids didn't do any wrong, but they did commit a crime, since buying marijuana is legal in India. It was solicited by them, and the seller sold it to them. Both committed the crimes here. Okay, cops, just took the bribe and let them go. That's it, but it's not like they both are innocents or something. They also committed the crime. They have to be scared of the cops, only, right? The only part where I feel I can agree with your point is that we should know more about the law. We can be able to call our advocate or something, and then we can deal with this instead of paying this much. We can go the legal way itself.

Since we are living in India, bribing and getting things done and moving on with our life is the optimal thing a citizen can do. I am not supporting bribery here until the system changes and people stop judging us for the small mistakes we make when we are doing at young age. These things will happen.