https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752217 Interception and seizure of contraband from a cargo vehicle in a public place was treated as falling under Section 43 of the NDPS Act, not Section 42, and Section 50 was held inapplicable because there was no personal search of the accused. Compliance with seizure, sealing, storage, inventory and sampling under Section 52A was accepted, and the forensic report confirmed ganja, sustaining conviction of the appellants found in the vehicle. By contrast, where the remaining appellants were not shown to be present in the vehicle and the case depended mainly on Section 67 statements without independent corroboration, the evidence was insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and their conviction was set aside. en-us Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 May 2024 09:18:57 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752217 Interception and seizure of contraband from a cargo vehicle in a public place was treated as falling under Section 43 of the NDPS Act, not Section 42, and Section 50 was held inapplicable because there was no personal search of the accused. Compliance with seizure, sealing, storage, inventory and sampling under Section 52A was accepted, and the forensic report confirmed ganja, sustaining conviction of the appellants found in the vehicle. By contrast, where the remaining appellants were not shown to be present in the vehicle and the case depended mainly on Section 67 statements without independent corroboration, the evidence was insufficient to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and their conviction was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752217