https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335356 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies only to the personal search of an accused, not to the search of a vehicle or premises, so its safeguard did not assist where contraband was recovered from a car. Section 57 was treated as complied with because seizure and arrest information was forwarded to the superior officer and Magistrate the same day, and the concurrent factual finding on compliance was not shown to be erroneous. The recovery witnesses, sealing process, sample forwarding and chemical examiner's report were relied on to establish recovery and conscious possession beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction and sentence were upheld. en-us Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:43:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335356 Section 50 of the NDPS Act applies only to the personal search of an accused, not to the search of a vehicle or premises, so its safeguard did not assist where contraband was recovered from a car. Section 57 was treated as complied with because seizure and arrest information was forwarded to the superior officer and Magistrate the same day, and the concurrent factual finding on compliance was not shown to be erroneous. The recovery witnesses, sealing process, sample forwarding and chemical examiner's report were relied on to establish recovery and conscious possession beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction and sentence were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=335356