https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45282 Non-compliance with the customs search procedure did not vitiate the conviction where the accused was intercepted on suspicion and gold bars were recovered from a concealed plastic bag. The Court rejected the attempt to apply the safeguard under Section 50 of the NDPS Act to the customs search, holding that even on that analogy the protection is attracted only when a search is conducted on prior information, not on suspicion. As the search was made on suspicion and the recovered contraband was found in the concealed bag, the asserted mandatory requirement was inapplicable and the conviction remained undisturbed. en-us Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:57:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45282 Non-compliance with the customs search procedure did not vitiate the conviction where the accused was intercepted on suspicion and gold bars were recovered from a concealed plastic bag. The Court rejected the attempt to apply the safeguard under Section 50 of the NDPS Act to the customs search, holding that even on that analogy the protection is attracted only when a search is conducted on prior information, not on suspicion. As the search was made on suspicion and the recovered contraband was found in the concealed bag, the asserted mandatory requirement was inapplicable and the conviction remained undisturbed. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45282