https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411599 In a prosecution under the NDPS Act, a Section 67 statement was not treated as substantive evidence on its own, but the court found independent material sufficient to establish prima facie complicity. CCTV footage showed the petitioner with bags containing contraband, guarantee cards linked the bags to the petitioner, and images recovered from the mirror image of the phone showed weighing of bags, tablets and cash. Bail was refused because this legally admissible evidence, apart from the Section 67 statement, connected the petitioner to trafficking of commercial quantity contraband. Parity with a co-accused was rejected since the attributed role and factual setting were materially different. en-us Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:23:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411599 In a prosecution under the NDPS Act, a Section 67 statement was not treated as substantive evidence on its own, but the court found independent material sufficient to establish prima facie complicity. CCTV footage showed the petitioner with bags containing contraband, guarantee cards linked the bags to the petitioner, and images recovered from the mirror image of the phone showed weighing of bags, tablets and cash. Bail was refused because this legally admissible evidence, apart from the Section 67 statement, connected the petitioner to trafficking of commercial quantity contraband. Parity with a co-accused was rejected since the attributed role and factual setting were materially different. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=411599