https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752007 Recovery from a public bus stand was treated as a public-place search, so Section 42 of the NDPS Act did not apply, and Section 50 was not attracted because the contraband was seized from a bag carried by the accused rather than from a personal search; the conviction of the appellant in possession of the bag was upheld on the strength of seizure evidence and an unbroken chain of custody. The co-accused's conviction was set aside because no contraband was recovered from him, his alleged apprehension was not independently proved, the Section 67 statement was found unsafe to rely on, and the first-time identification in court lacked prior corroboration; he was acquitted on benefit of doubt. en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:32:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752007 Recovery from a public bus stand was treated as a public-place search, so Section 42 of the NDPS Act did not apply, and Section 50 was not attracted because the contraband was seized from a bag carried by the accused rather than from a personal search; the conviction of the appellant in possession of the bag was upheld on the strength of seizure evidence and an unbroken chain of custody. The co-accused's conviction was set aside because no contraband was recovered from him, his alleged apprehension was not independently proved, the Section 67 statement was found unsafe to rely on, and the first-time identification in court lacked prior corroboration; he was acquitted on benefit of doubt. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752007