https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197209 Where information about an NDPS offence emerged during investigation of another offence, strict Section 42 formalities were not mechanically required, and substantial compliance through written recording and forwarding to superior officers was treated as sufficient. The search and seizure were therefore upheld. A fresh challenge that the searching officer was not empowered could not be raised for the first time in the Supreme Court because it required a factual foundation and had not been argued before the trial court or High Court. The conviction and sentence were left undisturbed, and the appeal failed. en-us Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 Dec 2017 12:01:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197209 Where information about an NDPS offence emerged during investigation of another offence, strict Section 42 formalities were not mechanically required, and substantial compliance through written recording and forwarding to superior officers was treated as sufficient. The search and seizure were therefore upheld. A fresh challenge that the searching officer was not empowered could not be raised for the first time in the Supreme Court because it required a factual foundation and had not been argued before the trial court or High Court. The conviction and sentence were left undisturbed, and the appeal failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197209