https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182870 Section 42 is not attracted where officers act on routine patrol and recover contraband in a chance encounter without prior specific information; the search and seizure are therefore not vitiated. Section 50 concerns personal search and does not govern recovery from a tanker lorry, so non-compliance with that safeguard does not affect the prosecution case. Sections 52, 55 and 57 are directory and are satisfied by substantial compliance where custody, sealing and forwarding of samples preserve the evidentiary chain. On the evidence, concealment of opium in the vehicle and its use for illegal transport supported conviction under Section 17, and the conviction and sentence were affirmed. en-us Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182870 Section 42 is not attracted where officers act on routine patrol and recover contraband in a chance encounter without prior specific information; the search and seizure are therefore not vitiated. Section 50 concerns personal search and does not govern recovery from a tanker lorry, so non-compliance with that safeguard does not affect the prosecution case. Sections 52, 55 and 57 are directory and are satisfied by substantial compliance where custody, sealing and forwarding of samples preserve the evidentiary chain. On the evidence, concealment of opium in the vehicle and its use for illegal transport supported conviction under Section 17, and the conviction and sentence were affirmed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182870