https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171841 Prior information about concealed narcotic substances under Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 must ordinarily be reduced into writing and sent to the immediate superior officer before search and seizure. Where the officer had sufficient time to comply but neither recorded the information nor informed a superior officer before the raid, the omission amounted to total non-compliance. A post-recovery ruqa could not cure that failure, and the statutory safeguard was not substantially complied with. On that basis, the conviction under Section 15 was unsustainable and the accused was entitled to acquittal. en-us Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:43:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171841 Prior information about concealed narcotic substances under Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 must ordinarily be reduced into writing and sent to the immediate superior officer before search and seizure. Where the officer had sufficient time to comply but neither recorded the information nor informed a superior officer before the raid, the omission amounted to total non-compliance. A post-recovery ruqa could not cure that failure, and the statutory safeguard was not substantially complied with. On that basis, the conviction under Section 15 was unsustainable and the accused was entitled to acquittal. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171841