https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84355 Mandatory safeguards governing narcotic searches require prior information to be recorded in writing and reasons to be documented before dispensing with a warrant for a post-sunset house search. Non-compliance can undermine the prosecution and vitiate conviction. A Public Analyst's report should be put to the accused during examination under criminal procedure requirements; relying on it without that opportunity is an evidentiary infirmity. Failure to produce seized contraband in court further weakens proof where the material is central to the charge. These procedural and evidentiary deficiencies resulted in the conviction and sentence being set aside and the accused being acquitted. en-us Thu, 11 Aug 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84355 Mandatory safeguards governing narcotic searches require prior information to be recorded in writing and reasons to be documented before dispensing with a warrant for a post-sunset house search. Non-compliance can undermine the prosecution and vitiate conviction. A Public Analyst's report should be put to the accused during examination under criminal procedure requirements; relying on it without that opportunity is an evidentiary infirmity. Failure to produce seized contraband in court further weakens proof where the material is central to the charge. These procedural and evidentiary deficiencies resulted in the conviction and sentence being set aside and the accused being acquitted. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 11 Aug 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=84355