https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170861 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies only to personal search, so recovery from baggage did not attract that safeguard. The challenge based on Section 55 and alleged delay in preparing the test memo also failed because the Court accepted evidence of seizure, sampling, sealing with customs seals, and intact sample slips, which ruled out tampering. The confessional statement, recorded in Spanish with an English translation, was treated as voluntary and reliable because the retraction was belated and unsupported by any contemporaneous complaint. On that basis, the conviction and sentence were affirmed. en-us Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:17:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170861 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies only to personal search, so recovery from baggage did not attract that safeguard. The challenge based on Section 55 and alleged delay in preparing the test memo also failed because the Court accepted evidence of seizure, sampling, sealing with customs seals, and intact sample slips, which ruled out tampering. The confessional statement, recorded in Spanish with an English translation, was treated as voluntary and reliable because the retraction was belated and unsupported by any contemporaneous complaint. On that basis, the conviction and sentence were affirmed. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170861