State vs . Rajender @ Ritwa on 22 June, 2012
"15............................In these circumstances there is justification in the argument that
since the seal as well as the packets remained in the custody of the same person, there
was every possibility of the seized substance being tempered with, and that is
the only hypothesis on which the discrepancy in weight can be explained. The least
that can be said in the facts of the case is that there is serious doubt about the truthfulness
of the prosecution case." PW1 Ct. Bharam Singh deposed that the seal after use was handed
over to him . It is beyond comprehension as to why the seal was handed over to PW1. While
relying upon the judgment of Rajesh Jagdamba Avasthi Vs. State of Goa, (2005)9 SCC
773, in Bijay vs. State ( G.N.C.T. Of Delhi), 2011 VI AD (DELHI)562, Hon,ble Court held in
para 34 of the said judgment that " after sealing the sample, the seal was not handed over to
an independent person, rather he kept with him only, which also creates doubt on the sample
whether the samples, were intact and not tempered with.