State Of Chhattisgarh vs Indira Bai 4 Wpc/1549/2016 Prakash ... on 29 January, 2018
16. As per the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses, the sample of
liquor and case property were sealed by the investigating officer with the seal
of 'ASR'. However, the PWs have not deposed qua the handing over of the
said seals to any other witness or police official and no handing over memo
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regarding the same was prepared. The seal in the present case was not handed
over to any independent witness nor was it deposited in the malkhana to assail
the possibility of its misuse. Thus, the possibility that the case property may
have been tampered with cannot be ruled out.