https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288191 Narcotic drugs recovered unexpectedly during a traffic check were treated as a chance recovery because the officers were not searching for drugs and had no prior information or reason to believe the person was carrying contraband. On that basis, Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 was held inapplicable, since mere suspicion did not amount to prior information or reason to believe and did not require compliance with that safeguard. The High Court's acquittal was set aside, the trial court's conviction was restored, and the State's appeal succeeded. en-us Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 May 2020 17:12:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288191 Narcotic drugs recovered unexpectedly during a traffic check were treated as a chance recovery because the officers were not searching for drugs and had no prior information or reason to believe the person was carrying contraband. On that basis, Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 was held inapplicable, since mere suspicion did not amount to prior information or reason to believe and did not require compliance with that safeguard. The High Court's acquittal was set aside, the trial court's conviction was restored, and the State's appeal succeeded. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288191