https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183354 A statutory requirement to record the grounds of belief before conducting an urgent search without warrant was held mandatory, not merely procedural. Because no such grounds were recorded before the car was searched, the search was unlawful and beyond jurisdiction. The Act's reference to a place liable to search was held to include a car, but that did not cure non-compliance with the safeguard designed to prevent arbitrary search and protect personal liberty. The conviction founded on that illegal search could not stand, and the accused was entitled to acquittal. en-us Wed, 24 Jan 1979 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:57:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183354 A statutory requirement to record the grounds of belief before conducting an urgent search without warrant was held mandatory, not merely procedural. Because no such grounds were recorded before the car was searched, the search was unlawful and beyond jurisdiction. The Act's reference to a place liable to search was held to include a car, but that did not cure non-compliance with the safeguard designed to prevent arbitrary search and protect personal liberty. The conviction founded on that illegal search could not stand, and the accused was entitled to acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Jan 1979 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183354