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7. Thereafter, statements of the appellants were recorded under Section 313, Cr.P.C. wherein they controverted the entire prosecution case and pleaded their innocence. They denied their presence at the spot and the recovery, and stated that the contraband substance was planted on them. They were taken to the NCB office where signatures were taken on several blank and printed papers under threat and fear. Appellant Chand Singh stated that he was called by a person when he was working in his fields. Appellant Chand Singh stated that the statement of Bijender Singh (Ex. PW- 1/V) is totally false, as he is his political enemy and he opposed his election when he was elected as Sarpanch of his village. He had been falsely implicated at the instance of Bijender Singh in connivance with the NCB officials. The search authorization (Ex. PW-1/A) is a manipulated document. He stated that the statement recorded (Ex. PW-5/A) with respect to the admission of recovery, seizure and other incriminating facts was false since the signatures were taken on blank papers and few lines were recorded under fear and threat. He also denied knowing the other appellants. Appellant Jasbir Singh stated that he was picked up from his village. The statement (Ex. PW-2/A) was not his statement. He denied giving any statement to the NCB officials. Appellant Narender Singh stated that he was asked by the NCB officials to carry a dead body from Panchkula to Delhi in the funeral van. He stated that he had not given any statement to the NCB officials. He was forced to write a few lines and the same were being used against him.