https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393372 In a search and seizure from a conveyance in a public place, Section 43 of the NDPS Act governed, so the safeguards attached to Section 42 did not apply in the same manner. The absence of independent witnesses did not vitiate recovery where official witnesses gave a coherent and reliable account and there was no cogent basis to discard their testimony. Minor inconsistencies about the seal were treated as inconsequential because the case property had already been deposited and samples sent to the FSL, and the defence plea of false implication was unsupported. The evidence was held sufficient to prove recovery beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction and sentence were maintained. en-us Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:20:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393372 In a search and seizure from a conveyance in a public place, Section 43 of the NDPS Act governed, so the safeguards attached to Section 42 did not apply in the same manner. The absence of independent witnesses did not vitiate recovery where official witnesses gave a coherent and reliable account and there was no cogent basis to discard their testimony. Minor inconsistencies about the seal were treated as inconsequential because the case property had already been deposited and samples sent to the FSL, and the defence plea of false implication was unsupported. The evidence was held sufficient to prove recovery beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction and sentence were maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393372