https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174619 No legal requirement was found for an investigating officer to hand over the seal used for sealing samples or seized property to a non-official immediately or soon thereafter, because the relevant police rules require only marking, labelling, sealing and safe custody. The Court also held that non-production of the person, if any, to whom the seal was entrusted is not by itself fatal, since the prosecution must be tested on the evidence of recovery, identity of the property, proper sealing and custody as a whole. The twin legal questions were answered against the petitioners and the matter was remitted for decision on merits. en-us Tue, 16 Feb 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:34:11 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174619 No legal requirement was found for an investigating officer to hand over the seal used for sealing samples or seized property to a non-official immediately or soon thereafter, because the relevant police rules require only marking, labelling, sealing and safe custody. The Court also held that non-production of the person, if any, to whom the seal was entrusted is not by itself fatal, since the prosecution must be tested on the evidence of recovery, identity of the property, proper sealing and custody as a whole. The twin legal questions were answered against the petitioners and the matter was remitted for decision on merits. Case-Laws Central Excise Tue, 16 Feb 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174619