https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404478 Strict compliance with the mandatory safeguards for narcotics search and seizure was not shown where secret information was not reduced into writing and communicated before the raid, and no lawful urgency justified departure from Section 42 procedure. The investigation was also found unreliable because the complainant's statement was not recorded under Section 161 CrPC, other witness statements were delayed or undated, safe custody of seized articles was not proved, and delay in forwarding samples remained unexplained. As the evidentiary chain was incomplete, the statutory presumption under Section 54 could not be invoked and the conviction was set aside. en-us Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Feb 2021 09:43:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404478 Strict compliance with the mandatory safeguards for narcotics search and seizure was not shown where secret information was not reduced into writing and communicated before the raid, and no lawful urgency justified departure from Section 42 procedure. The investigation was also found unreliable because the complainant's statement was not recorded under Section 161 CrPC, other witness statements were delayed or undated, safe custody of seized articles was not proved, and delay in forwarding samples remained unexplained. As the evidentiary chain was incomplete, the statutory presumption under Section 54 could not be invoked and the conviction was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=404478