https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184093 Statements recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are discussed as admissible where they are made during enquiry, may be recorded successively, and are not excluded merely because they were made to NCB officers or in custody, since such officers are not treated as police officers for Evidence Act purposes. Voluntariness remains central: the absence of coercion, physical pressure, or prompt retraction before a Magistrate supported reliance on the statements. Minor discrepancies were treated as insufficient to undermine the core inculpatory admissions linking the accused with the contraband. en-us Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184093 Statements recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act are discussed as admissible where they are made during enquiry, may be recorded successively, and are not excluded merely because they were made to NCB officers or in custody, since such officers are not treated as police officers for Evidence Act purposes. Voluntariness remains central: the absence of coercion, physical pressure, or prompt retraction before a Magistrate supported reliance on the statements. Minor discrepancies were treated as insufficient to undermine the core inculpatory admissions linking the accused with the contraband. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184093