https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156934 Communication of the right to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate was treated as sufficient compliance with section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 when the substance of the right was conveyed, even if the later judicial formulation was not used. Prior assistance to police in other cases did not, by itself, destroy a witness's independence. A stray answer in cross-examination was insufficient to discredit the analyst's clear evidence identifying the contraband as charas. On these findings, the conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Tue, 05 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 10:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156934 Communication of the right to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate was treated as sufficient compliance with section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 when the substance of the right was conveyed, even if the later judicial formulation was not used. Prior assistance to police in other cases did not, by itself, destroy a witness's independence. A stray answer in cross-examination was insufficient to discredit the analyst's clear evidence identifying the contraband as charas. On these findings, the conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 05 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156934