https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196760 Conviction under the NDPS Act cannot stand where the prosecution evidence contains material contradictions on sealing, deposit, transmission and custody of the seized sample, creating doubt about the integrity of the case property. A witness projected as independent was found to be known to the police party and was an SPO, while the material witness who carried the sample to the CFSL was not examined, supporting an adverse inference. These defects left the possibility of tampering unresolved, so the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was acquitted. en-us Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:40:14 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196760 Conviction under the NDPS Act cannot stand where the prosecution evidence contains material contradictions on sealing, deposit, transmission and custody of the seized sample, creating doubt about the integrity of the case property. A witness projected as independent was found to be known to the police party and was an SPO, while the material witness who carried the sample to the CFSL was not examined, supporting an adverse inference. These defects left the possibility of tampering unresolved, so the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Mar 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196760