https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45227 Reliable and corroborated prosecution evidence was treated as sufficient to establish possession of heroin recovered from a hotel room occupied by the appellant, and minor inconsistencies did not undermine the core case. The search objection failed because the operation was carried out by empowered officers with supervisory presence, and the statutory safeguards on recording reasons were held inapplicable on the facts. The complaint about delay in forwarding the sample to the Magistrate also failed because no actual delay or prejudice was shown. The conviction and sentence were sustained. en-us Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45227 Reliable and corroborated prosecution evidence was treated as sufficient to establish possession of heroin recovered from a hotel room occupied by the appellant, and minor inconsistencies did not undermine the core case. The search objection failed because the operation was carried out by empowered officers with supervisory presence, and the statutory safeguards on recording reasons were held inapplicable on the facts. The complaint about delay in forwarding the sample to the Magistrate also failed because no actual delay or prejudice was shown. The conviction and sentence were sustained. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45227