https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=472016 Personal-search safeguards under Section 50 of the NDPS Act require that a person be informed of the right to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate. Prima facie non-compliance arose because the search panchnama, complaint, and witness statements did not record this information, while the purported notice conflicted with contemporaneous records, lacked panch signatures, and appeared to be an afterthought. Together with the absence of antecedents, these circumstances supported bail subject to conditions. en-us Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:43:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=472016 Personal-search safeguards under Section 50 of the NDPS Act require that a person be informed of the right to be searched before a Gazetted Officer or Magistrate. Prima facie non-compliance arose because the search panchnama, complaint, and witness statements did not record this information, while the purported notice conflicted with contemporaneous records, lacked panch signatures, and appeared to be an afterthought. Together with the absence of antecedents, these circumstances supported bail subject to conditions. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 14 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=472016