https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242522 A custodial disclosure recorded before an interrogating officer was treated as involuntary and inadmissible, so it could not be relied on to frame charges or sustain criminal liability under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The Court also applied the principle that, where departmental proceedings on the same facts end in exoneration on merits, continuation of the criminal prosecution may amount to abuse of process. On that basis, the charges were set aside, the criminal trial was held unsustainable, and the accused was discharged. en-us Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:12:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242522 A custodial disclosure recorded before an interrogating officer was treated as involuntary and inadmissible, so it could not be relied on to frame charges or sustain criminal liability under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The Court also applied the principle that, where departmental proceedings on the same facts end in exoneration on merits, continuation of the criminal prosecution may amount to abuse of process. On that basis, the charges were set aside, the criminal trial was held unsustainable, and the accused was discharged. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 16 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242522