https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280244 Non-compliance with the mandatory search safeguard under Section 100(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, read with Section 100(5) and Section 100(8), can weaken the prosecution where independent and respectable local witnesses were available but no genuine effort was made to secure them. The law requires the searching officer to call such witnesses, and unexplained failure may render the recovery suspect and justify benefit of doubt. On the facts stated, the prosecution case became doubtful and the conviction was set aside because the search was conducted without adherence to the required witness-association procedure. en-us Fri, 04 Jul 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:48:29 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280244 Non-compliance with the mandatory search safeguard under Section 100(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, read with Section 100(5) and Section 100(8), can weaken the prosecution where independent and respectable local witnesses were available but no genuine effort was made to secure them. The law requires the searching officer to call such witnesses, and unexplained failure may render the recovery suspect and justify benefit of doubt. On the facts stated, the prosecution case became doubtful and the conviction was set aside because the search was conducted without adherence to the required witness-association procedure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 04 Jul 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280244