https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238498 Conviction under the NDPS Act was sustained where heroin was proved recovered from checked-in baggage, and Section 50 was held inapplicable because the search was of baggage rather than the person. Any claim of prejudice from English documents failed because the notice and panchnama were translated into Persian and explained through interpreters. Non-examination of the interpreter and one panch witness did not undermine the prosecution evidence, as the remaining witnesses supported recovery and the interpreter had been transferred. The Section 67 statement was treated as voluntary and corroborated by other material, and the delayed retraction carried no persuasive allegation of coercion. en-us Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:32:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238498 Conviction under the NDPS Act was sustained where heroin was proved recovered from checked-in baggage, and Section 50 was held inapplicable because the search was of baggage rather than the person. Any claim of prejudice from English documents failed because the notice and panchnama were translated into Persian and explained through interpreters. Non-examination of the interpreter and one panch witness did not undermine the prosecution evidence, as the remaining witnesses supported recovery and the interpreter had been transferred. The Section 67 statement was treated as voluntary and corroborated by other material, and the delayed retraction carried no persuasive allegation of coercion. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=238498