Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985–Sec. 18–Conviction–Appreciation–Recovery of 1.750 kgs. opium from the bag of the appellant–Efforts were made for bringing the independent witnesses, however, no witness could be joined–Plea of defense that appellant was falsely implicated
is also not acceptable because appellant tried to run away from the scene and it was not a trap case–Provisions of Sec. 50 were not applicable in the instant case–Consent statements signed by the appellant were not used as a confes-sion, hence bar of Sec. 25 of Evidence Act also would not be applicable–Delay of 12 days in sending the sample to FSL has no significance because mere delay is not sufficient to conclude that the sample was tempered–Seal was found intact in FSL–Held conviction was justified.
