https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290579 A hotel room occupied by a customer remains a public place for the purpose of Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, because the statutory explanation includes hotels as places intended for use by, or accessible to, the public. Temporary occupation by a guest does not convert the room into private property or change the hotel's character. On that basis, a search conducted there is treated as a search in a public place, and the objection based on non-compliance with Section 42 for a post-sunset search was rejected. en-us Thu, 07 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:24:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290579 A hotel room occupied by a customer remains a public place for the purpose of Section 43 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, because the statutory explanation includes hotels as places intended for use by, or accessible to, the public. Temporary occupation by a guest does not convert the room into private property or change the hotel's character. On that basis, a search conducted there is treated as a search in a public place, and the objection based on non-compliance with Section 42 for a post-sunset search was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 07 Oct 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290579