https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197479 A conviction for possession-based narcotic offences could not stand because the prosecution failed to prove that the accused owned or was in actual possession of the flat from which contraband was seized. Section 66 of the NDPS Act could be invoked only after ownership or possession was established by reliable independent evidence, but no corroboration came from the registrar, neighbours, or any other source, and one attesting witness did not support the case. The alleged agreement, police information, and retracted statements were insufficient on their own, so the conviction and sentence were set aside. en-us Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:11:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197479 A conviction for possession-based narcotic offences could not stand because the prosecution failed to prove that the accused owned or was in actual possession of the flat from which contraband was seized. Section 66 of the NDPS Act could be invoked only after ownership or possession was established by reliable independent evidence, but no corroboration came from the registrar, neighbours, or any other source, and one attesting witness did not support the case. The alleged agreement, police information, and retracted statements were insufficient on their own, so the conviction and sentence were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197479