https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46043 In NDPS prosecutions, failure to prove the integrity of the seized sample and compliance with mandatory safeguards on search, seizure, custody, and reporting creates reasonable doubt. The court noted that the sample handling was uncertain, the seal remained usable, forwarding documentation was missing, and the sample details did not fully tally, undermining trust in the recovery. It also held that an investigative statement, treated only as an extra-judicial confession and later retracted, could not by itself sustain conviction where the surrounding evidence was doubtful. The prosecution therefore failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction was set aside with acquittal granted. en-us Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:13:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46043 In NDPS prosecutions, failure to prove the integrity of the seized sample and compliance with mandatory safeguards on search, seizure, custody, and reporting creates reasonable doubt. The court noted that the sample handling was uncertain, the seal remained usable, forwarding documentation was missing, and the sample details did not fully tally, undermining trust in the recovery. It also held that an investigative statement, treated only as an extra-judicial confession and later retracted, could not by itself sustain conviction where the surrounding evidence was doubtful. The prosecution therefore failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and the conviction was set aside with acquittal granted. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46043