Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973–Sec. 439–Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985–Sec. 8/18–Bail–Entitlement–Recovery of commercial quantity of opium–A significant variance has been noticed in the time of preparation of memos and in the actual timing reflecting in the CCTV footage–It this stage, it cannot be assumed that the seizure memo prepared by the police is a sacrosanct piece of evidence–Due opportunity has been afforded to public prosecutor–Possibility cannot to be ruled out that neither the provisions of Secs. 41,42, 50, 52-A & 55 and the Standing Order were strictly complied with nor the seizure and arrest were made exact in the same fashion a portrayed in the seizrue memo and arrest memo–Bail granted subject to certain conditions.
