https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426065 An appeal against acquittal under the NDPS Act was not interfered with because the trial court's view was neither perverse nor illegal. Serious investigative and prosecutorial lapses remained: inconsistencies on the raid, missing search-warrant and raid records, unclear sealing and custody of the seized contraband, no proof of sample forwarding for forensic testing, and independent witnesses who did not support the prosecution. The official evidence also left material gaps on recovery and seizure. Applying the settled standard that an acquittal will be disturbed only where the trial court's reasoning is manifestly erroneous, the court held that the prosecution had failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt and upheld the acquittal. en-us Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Aug 2022 09:07:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426065 An appeal against acquittal under the NDPS Act was not interfered with because the trial court's view was neither perverse nor illegal. Serious investigative and prosecutorial lapses remained: inconsistencies on the raid, missing search-warrant and raid records, unclear sealing and custody of the seized contraband, no proof of sample forwarding for forensic testing, and independent witnesses who did not support the prosecution. The official evidence also left material gaps on recovery and seizure. Applying the settled standard that an acquittal will be disturbed only where the trial court's reasoning is manifestly erroneous, the court held that the prosecution had failed to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt and upheld the acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=426065