Rashid @ Lallu vs Narcotics Control Bureau Mahanagar ... on 21 July, 2023
8. This Court while deciding CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4248 of 2021 in the case of Wahid Ali vs. N.C.B. decided on 12.07.2023, on similar grounds has extensively considered the scope of Section 50 of the Act read with Section 51and the mandate of Section 100 CrPC, to hold that on a reading of the said provision, it is incumbent that the witnesses to the recovery, in the present case Gazetted Officer, should necessarily affix his signatures. This Court also held that the entire gamut of allegations leveled by the respondent is of 'illegal possession' which is prohibited under Section 8 of the Act and is punishable under the Act. This Court had expressed its view that the foundation of 'illegal possession' is to be established by following the procedure as prescribed under Chapter V of the N.D.P.S. Act.