https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171936 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies to personal search and not to a search of a house, so non-compliance with that provision did not vitiate the house search. The conviction failed, however, because the prosecution did not prove safe custody, proper sealing, or an unbroken chain of custody for the seized ganja samples. The samples were prepared belatedly and were not shown to have remained sealed before forensic examination, making the laboratory report unsafe as the basis for conviction. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside and the accused acquitted. en-us Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:40:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171936 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies to personal search and not to a search of a house, so non-compliance with that provision did not vitiate the house search. The conviction failed, however, because the prosecution did not prove safe custody, proper sealing, or an unbroken chain of custody for the seized ganja samples. The samples were prepared belatedly and were not shown to have remained sealed before forensic examination, making the laboratory report unsafe as the basis for conviction. The conviction and sentence were therefore set aside and the accused acquitted. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171936