https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280247 NDPS search safeguards require meaningful compliance with the incorporated CrPC procedure. A Section 50 notice offering search before a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer satisfies the requirement where it communicates that choice, since no prescribed form is necessary. However, failure to properly associate independent and respectable local witnesses, or to issue and tender a written order to persons present as contemplated by the CrPC, can render the claimed recovery doubtful where inability to secure witnesses is not established. Non-compliance with these mandatory search protections prevents the conviction from being sustained; the appeal succeeded and the accused was acquitted. en-us Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 15:10:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280247 NDPS search safeguards require meaningful compliance with the incorporated CrPC procedure. A Section 50 notice offering search before a Magistrate or Gazetted Officer satisfies the requirement where it communicates that choice, since no prescribed form is necessary. However, failure to properly associate independent and respectable local witnesses, or to issue and tender a written order to persons present as contemplated by the CrPC, can render the claimed recovery doubtful where inability to secure witnesses is not established. Non-compliance with these mandatory search protections prevents the conviction from being sustained; the appeal succeeded and the accused was acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280247