https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=386525 In an NDPS prosecution, the reported decision stresses that conviction cannot rest on untrustworthy police testimony where no real effort is shown to join available independent witnesses and the recovery version lacks confidence. The Court also noted doubt over safe seizure, sealing, packing, and chain of custody, including inconsistencies about the investigation kit and later handling of the parcel. Because the foundational facts of recovery and tamper-free custody were not proved beyond reasonable doubt, the statutory presumptions under the NDPS Act did not arise and the prosecution case failed. en-us Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 14:41:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=386525 In an NDPS prosecution, the reported decision stresses that conviction cannot rest on untrustworthy police testimony where no real effort is shown to join available independent witnesses and the recovery version lacks confidence. The Court also noted doubt over safe seizure, sealing, packing, and chain of custody, including inconsistencies about the investigation kit and later handling of the parcel. Because the foundational facts of recovery and tamper-free custody were not proved beyond reasonable doubt, the statutory presumptions under the NDPS Act did not arise and the prosecution case failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=386525