https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156929 Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ordinarily requires an empowered officer to reduce prior information or recorded grounds of belief into writing and forward it to a superior officer. Total non-compliance with these safeguards is impermissible and may affect the prosecution case. In genuine emergent situations, however, where immediate action is needed to prevent escape, concealment, or destruction of evidence, delayed compliance may be accepted if explained within a reasonable time. The later seventy-two-hour requirement supports this flexible approach. The statutory safeguards remain generally mandatory, but deferred compliance is permissible in urgent circumstances with satisfactory explanation. en-us Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:14:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156929 Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 ordinarily requires an empowered officer to reduce prior information or recorded grounds of belief into writing and forward it to a superior officer. Total non-compliance with these safeguards is impermissible and may affect the prosecution case. In genuine emergent situations, however, where immediate action is needed to prevent escape, concealment, or destruction of evidence, delayed compliance may be accepted if explained within a reasonable time. The later seventy-two-hour requirement supports this flexible approach. The statutory safeguards remain generally mandatory, but deferred compliance is permissible in urgent circumstances with satisfactory explanation. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156929