Superintendent of Police Railway cannot be treated as independent officer, search conducted in his presence after calling him to the place where the accused had been apprehended, does not appear to be in accordance with the statutory mandate laid down under Section 50 of NDPS Act: Allahaba High Court
Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application granted bail to an accused under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, observing that the search and seizure was conducted at Bareilly Railway Station there is no independent witness of the alleged recovery.
A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Kanpur-based perfume trader Peeyush Kumar Jain granted him bail.