https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156947 Section 50 of the NDPS Act is confined to personal search and does not apply where contraband is recovered from a bag or similar container carried by the accused; the search was therefore not illegal. Absence of independent witnesses does not by itself vitiate a conviction when efforts to secure them were made and the official witnesses are found trustworthy. Parity in sentencing is unavailable where the relied-upon accused was tried separately in another FIR and different proceedings. On these principles, the conviction and sentence were upheld. en-us Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:07:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156947 Section 50 of the NDPS Act is confined to personal search and does not apply where contraband is recovered from a bag or similar container carried by the accused; the search was therefore not illegal. Absence of independent witnesses does not by itself vitiate a conviction when efforts to secure them were made and the official witnesses are found trustworthy. Parity in sentencing is unavailable where the relied-upon accused was tried separately in another FIR and different proceedings. On these principles, the conviction and sentence were upheld. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156947