1999 (9) TMI 947

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.... Prohibition Act as, they were found in possession of charas weighing 7 kgs. and 419 grams without any licence or permit. 2. Various contentions regarding nonobservance of mandatory requirements of different provisions of the NDPS Act were raised before the trial Court but it found no substance in them and held that all those provisions were complied with in this case. The trial Court also foun....

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....raised on behalf of the appellants and dismissed the appeal summarily. 4. What is contended by the learned Counsel for the appellant is that the appellants were not informed of their right under Section 50 of the NDPS Act that they were entitled to be examined in presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate and, therefore, the search of the appellants was illegal and the evidence regarding re....

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....s seized from the appellants was different from the seal which was found on the packet received by the Forensic Scientific Laboratory for analysis. There is no substance in this contention. The seal which was affixed on the seized articles, as stated by PSI Chavda in his evidence, was of Police Inspector, Sabarmati. The seal on the packet which was received by the Forensic Scientific Laboratory re....