https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196759 The prosecution must prove an unbroken chain of custody and satisfactory link evidence in NDPS cases to establish that the samples produced are the same as those seized. Here, the absence of the malkhana register left the period of storage unverified, and the sample seal was not sent for comparison with the seal on the sample bottles. These omissions cast doubt on the integrity of the seals and the identity of the seized articles, so the link evidence was held inadequate and the acquittal stood. en-us Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:30:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196759 The prosecution must prove an unbroken chain of custody and satisfactory link evidence in NDPS cases to establish that the samples produced are the same as those seized. Here, the absence of the malkhana register left the period of storage unverified, and the sample seal was not sent for comparison with the seal on the sample bottles. These omissions cast doubt on the integrity of the seals and the identity of the seized articles, so the link evidence was held inadequate and the acquittal stood. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196759