https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=359557 Independent witnesses are not an indispensable requirement in narcotics cases, and their non-examination is not by itself fatal where the recovery circumstances support the prosecution version. A large quantity of contraband, the absence of animosity, and the explanation for not securing local witnesses made planting unlikely. The torn condition of the seized parcel was also not treated as indicative of tampering, because the evidence explained how it was damaged in custody and no challenge to the samples' integrity was put to the witnesses. The Supreme Court rejected the High Court's reasons for overturning the conviction and restored the conviction and sentence under the NDPS Act. en-us Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 May 2018 06:23:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=359557 Independent witnesses are not an indispensable requirement in narcotics cases, and their non-examination is not by itself fatal where the recovery circumstances support the prosecution version. A large quantity of contraband, the absence of animosity, and the explanation for not securing local witnesses made planting unlikely. The torn condition of the seized parcel was also not treated as indicative of tampering, because the evidence explained how it was damaged in custody and no challenge to the samples' integrity was put to the witnesses. The Supreme Court rejected the High Court's reasons for overturning the conviction and restored the conviction and sentence under the NDPS Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=359557