https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46310 Mandatory compliance with Section 50 NDPS Act is required for a personal search, including where contraband is alleged to be concealed in the body, and the accused must be clearly informed of the right to be searched before an independent Gazetted Officer or Magistrate. The Court found that the offer given through members of the raiding party did not satisfy that safeguard, so the search was vitiated. The prosecution also failed to establish a reliable chain of custody for the capsules: seizure, preservation, sample transmission, inventory, and seal handling were all defective, creating doubt that the analysed sample matched the alleged recovery. These combined infirmities were treated as fatal to the conviction. en-us Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:10:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46310 Mandatory compliance with Section 50 NDPS Act is required for a personal search, including where contraband is alleged to be concealed in the body, and the accused must be clearly informed of the right to be searched before an independent Gazetted Officer or Magistrate. The Court found that the offer given through members of the raiding party did not satisfy that safeguard, so the search was vitiated. The prosecution also failed to establish a reliable chain of custody for the capsules: seizure, preservation, sample transmission, inventory, and seal handling were all defective, creating doubt that the analysed sample matched the alleged recovery. These combined infirmities were treated as fatal to the conviction. Case-Laws Customs Sat, 02 Dec 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46310