https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=82970 The NDPS Act's pre-search safeguards are mandatory where officers act on prior information or reasonable belief: information must be reduced to writing, grounds of belief recorded where required, and the person informed of the right to be searched before a gazetted officer or magistrate. By contrast, a search or arrest made in the ordinary course of investigation under the Code of Criminal Procedure does not itself attract Section 50, and later compliance issues are assessed differently. Post-arrest or post-seizure provisions under the NDPS Act, and procedural irregularities under the Code, are generally directory and do not by themselves vitiate the prosecution unless prejudice is shown. en-us Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=82970 The NDPS Act's pre-search safeguards are mandatory where officers act on prior information or reasonable belief: information must be reduced to writing, grounds of belief recorded where required, and the person informed of the right to be searched before a gazetted officer or magistrate. By contrast, a search or arrest made in the ordinary course of investigation under the Code of Criminal Procedure does not itself attract Section 50, and later compliance issues are assessed differently. Post-arrest or post-seizure provisions under the NDPS Act, and procedural irregularities under the Code, are generally directory and do not by themselves vitiate the prosecution unless prejudice is shown. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 01 Mar 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=82970