Sasidharan vs The State Of Kerala on 17 February, 2006
produced before court. It is not very clear as to who had taken
the sample. At any rate, there is nothing in the evidence of
P.Ws.1 and 2 to show that they had taken sample from the
contraband article. It would appear that the sample was taken
from the court as is discernible from the evidence of P.W.1. If
that be so, the thondi clerk will have to be examined. (See the
decision reported in Manikantan Pillai v. State of Kerala (2013
(4) KLT SN 139)). That has obviously not done in the present
case and there is no guarantee that the sample sent for
chemical analysis is the sample taken from the contraband
article seized from the possession of the accused.