https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175994 Total non-compliance with the NDPS Act requirement to record information in writing and forthwith send it to the superior officer is impermissible and may vitiate the prosecution; delayed compliance may be accepted only with a satisfactory explanation. Whether Section 42 compliance is sufficient depends on the facts of each case. Here, no information was reduced to writing and no copy was sent to the immediate superior officer, so oral evidence could not cure the omission because there was time to comply with the statutory requirement. en-us Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:26:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175994 Total non-compliance with the NDPS Act requirement to record information in writing and forthwith send it to the superior officer is impermissible and may vitiate the prosecution; delayed compliance may be accepted only with a satisfactory explanation. Whether Section 42 compliance is sufficient depends on the facts of each case. Here, no information was reduced to writing and no copy was sent to the immediate superior officer, so oral evidence could not cure the omission because there was time to comply with the statutory requirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175994