https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278373 Non-compliance with the search safeguards in section 15 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women & Girls Act, 1956 did not by itself vitiate the trial, because the governing criminal procedure still applied and the defect was curable unless it caused prejudice or a failure of justice. The Court held that failure to record adequate grounds for search or to secure local panch witnesses was an irregularity, not an illegality, where no prejudice to the accused was shown. The conviction was therefore upheld. en-us Wed, 20 Nov 1968 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:23:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278373 Non-compliance with the search safeguards in section 15 of the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women & Girls Act, 1956 did not by itself vitiate the trial, because the governing criminal procedure still applied and the defect was curable unless it caused prejudice or a failure of justice. The Court held that failure to record adequate grounds for search or to secure local panch witnesses was an irregularity, not an illegality, where no prejudice to the accused was shown. The conviction was therefore upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Nov 1968 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278373