https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325984 Section 42 of the NDPS Act is mandatory, and non-compliance can invalidate a narcotics conviction where secret information is not recorded and communicated before the raid. Mere registration of the FIR and dispatch of special reports does not constitute compliance, and delayed compliance is relevant only in emergent situations, not where there is total non-compliance. The court also treated the prosecution evidence as doubtful because the alleged independent witnesses did not support the raid narrative. On those grounds, the conviction and sentence under the NDPS Act were not sustained and acquittal followed. en-us Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325984 Section 42 of the NDPS Act is mandatory, and non-compliance can invalidate a narcotics conviction where secret information is not recorded and communicated before the raid. Mere registration of the FIR and dispatch of special reports does not constitute compliance, and delayed compliance is relevant only in emergent situations, not where there is total non-compliance. The court also treated the prosecution evidence as doubtful because the alleged independent witnesses did not support the raid narrative. On those grounds, the conviction and sentence under the NDPS Act were not sustained and acquittal followed. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=325984