https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=258806 Statements recorded under section 67 of the NDPS Act were treated as admissible and reliable despite later retraction because the retractions were delayed and unsupported by specific coercion allegations. The Court held that such a confession could be used against its maker and, where it implicated a co-accused jointly tried, could also be considered under section 30 of the Evidence Act. On the evidence as a whole, including retested chemical reports and surrounding circumstances, the Court found pilferage of heroin from the Chandigarh malkhana and a false projection of an unclaimed seizure at Amritsar proved, thereby affirming the NDPS convictions. The challenge to the prosecution order against Customs officers under sections 193 and 340 of the CrPC was rejected for want of jurisdictional error. en-us Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 07:42:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=258806 Statements recorded under section 67 of the NDPS Act were treated as admissible and reliable despite later retraction because the retractions were delayed and unsupported by specific coercion allegations. The Court held that such a confession could be used against its maker and, where it implicated a co-accused jointly tried, could also be considered under section 30 of the Evidence Act. On the evidence as a whole, including retested chemical reports and surrounding circumstances, the Court found pilferage of heroin from the Chandigarh malkhana and a false projection of an unclaimed seizure at Amritsar proved, thereby affirming the NDPS convictions. The challenge to the prosecution order against Customs officers under sections 193 and 340 of the CrPC was rejected for want of jurisdictional error. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 02 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=258806