https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171809 Statements recorded by narcotics officers under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are not barred as confessions before police officers and are admissible in evidence. A voluntary confession, absent inducement, threat or promise under Section 24 of the Evidence Act, may sustain conviction even without corroboration as a matter of prudence; the later retraction here did not displace voluntariness. However, sale was not proved and conscious possession of opium was not established on the facts, because the accused was only a hotel servant and lacked custody or control over the contraband. The conviction and sentence were therefore unsustainable. en-us Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:12:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171809 Statements recorded by narcotics officers under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are not barred as confessions before police officers and are admissible in evidence. A voluntary confession, absent inducement, threat or promise under Section 24 of the Evidence Act, may sustain conviction even without corroboration as a matter of prudence; the later retraction here did not displace voluntariness. However, sale was not proved and conscious possession of opium was not established on the facts, because the accused was only a hotel servant and lacked custody or control over the contraband. The conviction and sentence were therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171809