https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190137 A co-accused statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act may be admissible, but it is not substantive evidence and can only lend assurance to independent material. Where no contraband was recovered from the respondent and the remaining links rested on co-accused statements and other disputed circumstances, there was no reliable independent evidence connecting the respondent to the offence. The acquittal was therefore not shown to be perverse or illegal, and leave to appeal was not warranted. en-us Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:49:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190137 A co-accused statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act may be admissible, but it is not substantive evidence and can only lend assurance to independent material. Where no contraband was recovered from the respondent and the remaining links rested on co-accused statements and other disputed circumstances, there was no reliable independent evidence connecting the respondent to the offence. The acquittal was therefore not shown to be perverse or illegal, and leave to appeal was not warranted. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190137