https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162559 A personal search carried out together with recovery from shoulder bags attracted the safeguards applicable to search of the person, so Section 50 of the NDPS Act could not be bypassed by treating the recovery as a mere baggage search. The absence of independent witnesses at the search and seizure stage further weakened the prosecution evidence and added to the doubt about recovery. On these facts, the High Court's acquittal was upheld and no interference was called for. en-us Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:30:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162559 A personal search carried out together with recovery from shoulder bags attracted the safeguards applicable to search of the person, so Section 50 of the NDPS Act could not be bypassed by treating the recovery as a mere baggage search. The absence of independent witnesses at the search and seizure stage further weakened the prosecution evidence and added to the doubt about recovery. On these facts, the High Court's acquittal was upheld and no interference was called for. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162559