https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162529 Section 50 of the NDPS Act is a safeguard requiring the person to be searched to be taken before a senior officer if that option is invoked. The provision does not give the accused a further right to insist on choosing between a Gazetted Officer and a Magistrate. Once the safeguard is triggered, the searching officer must produce the person before whichever of those two is nearest and conveniently available. The text therefore treats the choice between the two officers as resting with the searching officer, not with the person searched. en-us Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:46:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162529 Section 50 of the NDPS Act is a safeguard requiring the person to be searched to be taken before a senior officer if that option is invoked. The provision does not give the accused a further right to insist on choosing between a Gazetted Officer and a Magistrate. Once the safeguard is triggered, the searching officer must produce the person before whichever of those two is nearest and conveniently available. The text therefore treats the choice between the two officers as resting with the searching officer, not with the person searched. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162529