https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393760 A conviction under the NDPS Act cannot rest solely on co-accused statements recorded under Section 67 where no independent evidence links the accused to the contraband. The HC noted that no recovery was made from the appellant, his house search yielded nothing incriminating, and the prosecution failed to prove ownership, control, or conscious possession of the truck or seized goods. It applied the principle that a co-accused's confession is a weak piece of evidence and cannot, by itself, constitute substantive proof against another accused, especially without cross-examination or corroboration. On that basis, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was acquitted. en-us Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:29:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393760 A conviction under the NDPS Act cannot rest solely on co-accused statements recorded under Section 67 where no independent evidence links the accused to the contraband. The HC noted that no recovery was made from the appellant, his house search yielded nothing incriminating, and the prosecution failed to prove ownership, control, or conscious possession of the truck or seized goods. It applied the principle that a co-accused's confession is a weak piece of evidence and cannot, by itself, constitute substantive proof against another accused, especially without cross-examination or corroboration. On that basis, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=393760