https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182934 Conviction under the NDPS Act could not rest on the searching officer's testimony alone where the panch witnesses, bus driver, and conductor did not support the prosecution version. The Court found material infirmities in the officer's account, and the alleged search and seizure were surrounded by circumstances that were unnatural and insufficiently explained. As the evidence did not inspire confidence and was unsafe to accept as the sole basis for guilt beyond reasonable doubt, the accused was given the benefit of doubt. The conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 May 2016 11:45:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182934 Conviction under the NDPS Act could not rest on the searching officer's testimony alone where the panch witnesses, bus driver, and conductor did not support the prosecution version. The Court found material infirmities in the officer's account, and the alleged search and seizure were surrounded by circumstances that were unnatural and insufficiently explained. As the evidence did not inspire confidence and was unsafe to accept as the sole basis for guilt beyond reasonable doubt, the accused was given the benefit of doubt. The conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 13 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182934