https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398278 Credible official witnesses can sustain an NDPS conviction even when independent witnesses turn hostile, and their evidence need not be discarded merely for that reason. The Court also held that compliance with the statutory search, seizure, sealing, custody and sample-forwarding requirements was proved, and treated the sample-number discrepancy as a clerical error. It further found that the FIR-recording officer did not in fact continue as investigator, so the proceedings were not vitiated on that ground. Ownership of the vehicle was held immaterial where possession and recovery of contraband from the accused were proved, and no basis was found to reduce the sentence. The conviction and sentence were upheld. en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:51:09 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398278 Credible official witnesses can sustain an NDPS conviction even when independent witnesses turn hostile, and their evidence need not be discarded merely for that reason. The Court also held that compliance with the statutory search, seizure, sealing, custody and sample-forwarding requirements was proved, and treated the sample-number discrepancy as a clerical error. It further found that the FIR-recording officer did not in fact continue as investigator, so the proceedings were not vitiated on that ground. Ownership of the vehicle was held immaterial where possession and recovery of contraband from the accused were proved, and no basis was found to reduce the sentence. The conviction and sentence were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=398278