https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171199 Non-compliance with Section 42 of the NDPS Act was treated as fatal where prior information received by the empowered officer was not reduced into writing and forthwith communicated to the superior officer. The court held that the officer had sufficient time to comply, and the facts did not justify treating the searches as separate so as to avoid the statutory mandate. Because the requirements for recording and reporting prior information were totally not met, the search and seizure were vitiated and the conviction based on the recovery could not stand, leading to acquittal. en-us Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:51:20 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171199 Non-compliance with Section 42 of the NDPS Act was treated as fatal where prior information received by the empowered officer was not reduced into writing and forthwith communicated to the superior officer. The court held that the officer had sufficient time to comply, and the facts did not justify treating the searches as separate so as to avoid the statutory mandate. Because the requirements for recording and reporting prior information were totally not met, the search and seizure were vitiated and the conviction based on the recovery could not stand, leading to acquittal. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171199