https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277579 Under the NDPS Act, an empowered detecting officer may also conduct the investigation and file the report, because the statutory scheme permits search, seizure, arrest and investigation by authorised officers and the CrPC applies only so far as consistent with the Act. The mere fact that the complainant and investigating officer are the same person does not, by itself, vitiate the prosecution. Invalidity arises only where specific prejudice to the accused is shown or where statutory non-compliance causes prejudice. The contrary view that the two roles cannot be combined was rejected. en-us Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:05:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277579 Under the NDPS Act, an empowered detecting officer may also conduct the investigation and file the report, because the statutory scheme permits search, seizure, arrest and investigation by authorised officers and the CrPC applies only so far as consistent with the Act. The mere fact that the complainant and investigating officer are the same person does not, by itself, vitiate the prosecution. Invalidity arises only where specific prejudice to the accused is shown or where statutory non-compliance causes prejudice. The contrary view that the two roles cannot be combined was rejected. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277579