https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160935 Non-compliance with the NDPS Act safeguards on recording prior secret information in writing, conducting a search after sunset without satisfying the statutory proviso, and forwarding the recorded information or grounds of belief to a superior officer within the prescribed time was treated as a breach of mandatory protections that vitiated the prosecution and sustained the acquittal. The Court also held that strictures against the police officers, a direction for their prosecution, and an award of compensation to the acquitted accused could not stand where the officers had not been effectively heard and there was no material of mala fides. The acquittal remained intact, while the ancillary punitive directions were removed. en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:13:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160935 Non-compliance with the NDPS Act safeguards on recording prior secret information in writing, conducting a search after sunset without satisfying the statutory proviso, and forwarding the recorded information or grounds of belief to a superior officer within the prescribed time was treated as a breach of mandatory protections that vitiated the prosecution and sustained the acquittal. The Court also held that strictures against the police officers, a direction for their prosecution, and an award of compensation to the acquitted accused could not stand where the officers had not been effectively heard and there was no material of mala fides. The acquittal remained intact, while the ancillary punitive directions were removed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 02 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160935