https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196725 Police testimony was held reliable despite the absence of independent public witnesses, because there is no absolute rule requiring corroboration from civilians when official witnesses are trustworthy. Section 50 of the NDPS Act was held inapplicable since the contraband was recovered from the scooter's tool box and not from the accused's person. The 2001 amendment on commercial and non-commercial quantity was not available because the seizure occurred in 1992 and the appeal was already pending. Non-production of the scooter was not fatal, as its registration details and seizure record sufficiently linked it to the accused; the conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:36:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196725 Police testimony was held reliable despite the absence of independent public witnesses, because there is no absolute rule requiring corroboration from civilians when official witnesses are trustworthy. Section 50 of the NDPS Act was held inapplicable since the contraband was recovered from the scooter's tool box and not from the accused's person. The 2001 amendment on commercial and non-commercial quantity was not available because the seizure occurred in 1992 and the appeal was already pending. Non-production of the scooter was not fatal, as its registration details and seizure record sufficiently linked it to the accused; the conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196725