1980 (1) TMI 209
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....ve is directed against an order of the High Court of Rajastban dated 5th March, 1973 by which the respondent Daulat Ram was acquitted of the charge under Section 9A of the Opium Act. It appears that on the 24th January, 1968 the District Excise Officer went to search the shop of the respondent in Jodhpur city and P.W. 2 Sher Singh, Excise Inspector, recovered an iron box along with two tins filled....
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....on ward transmission to the Public Analyst but the samples were not accepted by the office of the Superintendent of Police as the labels were not in order. It is a admitted case of the Prosecution that the samples changed several hands before reaching the public analyst. In other words, the samples remained in the custody of S.I. Aidanram, P.S. Udai Mandir, Nathu Singh, Gajraj Singh Jawan Singh an....
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....refused to take the samples. Even though the lables were not in order it was for the prosecution affirmatively to prove that the seals were still in tact. It is true that Harak Chand and Jabbar Singh have stated that the seals of the samples were tact so long as they were in their custody. But then as pointed out above neither Jawan, Nathu, Gajraj, Aidanram and Assistant Public Analyst were examin....
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