https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290580 Airport customs areas accessible to the public were treated as a "public place" under Section 43 of the NDPS Act, so the safeguards in Section 42, including prior recording of information and the sunrise-to-sunset restriction, did not apply. Section 57 was held to be directory, and the reported compliance caused no prejudice. An Air Customs Officer posted as an Inspector was found duly authorised under Section 53 to investigate and file the complaint, and custody of samples in the Customs malkhana satisfied Section 55. The chemical report and prosecution evidence were found sufficient to prove the seized substance and sustain conviction, so the acquittal was set aside. en-us Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:26:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290580 Airport customs areas accessible to the public were treated as a "public place" under Section 43 of the NDPS Act, so the safeguards in Section 42, including prior recording of information and the sunrise-to-sunset restriction, did not apply. Section 57 was held to be directory, and the reported compliance caused no prejudice. An Air Customs Officer posted as an Inspector was found duly authorised under Section 53 to investigate and file the complaint, and custody of samples in the Customs malkhana satisfied Section 55. The chemical report and prosecution evidence were found sufficient to prove the seized substance and sustain conviction, so the acquittal was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290580