https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400130 Mere identity of the complainant as the investigating officer does not vitiate an NDPS prosecution absent proof of actual bias or prejudice. The defence version was rejected because the alleged alternative narrative was inherently improbable, and non-examination of independent witnesses was not fatal where official witnesses were found reliable; inadmissible hearsay was excluded. Appellate interference with an acquittal is permissible where the trial court commits legal error or records perverse findings, and the High Court's reversal was upheld. Section 50 of the NDPS Act did not apply because the contraband was recovered from a backpack, not from the person of the accused, and the conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:20:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400130 Mere identity of the complainant as the investigating officer does not vitiate an NDPS prosecution absent proof of actual bias or prejudice. The defence version was rejected because the alleged alternative narrative was inherently improbable, and non-examination of independent witnesses was not fatal where official witnesses were found reliable; inadmissible hearsay was excluded. Appellate interference with an acquittal is permissible where the trial court commits legal error or records perverse findings, and the High Court's reversal was upheld. Section 50 of the NDPS Act did not apply because the contraband was recovered from a backpack, not from the person of the accused, and the conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400130