https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174614 Recovery of heroin from a vehicle, read with the surrounding documentary and witness evidence, was treated as proof of conscious possession and complicity. A statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act before arrest was held usable for corroboration, and the Court accepted the rejections of the challenges based on Sections 42, 50, 57 and sampling procedures because no prejudice-causing infirmity was shown. Non-examination of panch witnesses did not weaken the prosecution on the facts. The conviction was sustained, but the custodial sentences were reduced on proportionality grounds while the fines were left unchanged. en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:46:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174614 Recovery of heroin from a vehicle, read with the surrounding documentary and witness evidence, was treated as proof of conscious possession and complicity. A statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act before arrest was held usable for corroboration, and the Court accepted the rejections of the challenges based on Sections 42, 50, 57 and sampling procedures because no prejudice-causing infirmity was shown. Non-examination of panch witnesses did not weaken the prosecution on the facts. The conviction was sustained, but the custodial sentences were reduced on proportionality grounds while the fines were left unchanged. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174614