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Rajendra And Anr vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 17 December, 2003

In the case of Rajendra and Anr. v. State of M.P. the Supreme Court has held that the provisions of Section 50 of the Act are not applicable to search of bags and suitcases. In the case at hand the accused was searched at the Customs House at Anjuna and it is in the evidence of the complainant (P. W. 5) as well as P.W. 4 Francisco that the accused was given the option to be searched at the Customs House, Anjuna. Since the accused was searched there and the accused was also given an option in terms of Section 50 of the Act at that place, in my opinion there is substantial compliance with the provisions of Section 50 of the Act. There was no necessity for the complainant to have given the said option contemplated by Section 50 of the Act to the accused at the place where he was caught. Nevertheless It must be observed that there has been no explanation coming forth from the complainant as to why the accused was not at all searched at the place near Starco restaurant and had to be taken to a distance of about 5 to 7 metres to the Customs House at Anjuna, more so because the complainant had prior information and had gone near Starco restaurant all set for the purpose of the raid. In my opinion, there is also no substance in the submission of Shri Kanekar that the offer which was made to the accused had also to be incorporated in the panchanama.
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State Of Punjab vs Baldev Singh on 21 July, 1999

In this respect, in the case of State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh the Supreme Court has held that it is an obligation of the empowered officer and his duty before conducting the search of the person of a suspect, on the basis of prior information, to inform the suspect that he has the right to require his search being conducted in the presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate and the failure to so inform the suspect of his right would render the search illegal because the suspect would not be able to avail of the protection which is in built in Section 50. Similarly, if the person concerned requires, on being so informed by the empowered officer or otherwise, that his search be conducted in the presence of a Gazetted Officer or a Magistrate, the empowered officer is obliged to do so and failure on his part to do so would cause prejudice to the accused and also render the search illegal and the conviction and sentence of the accused based solely on recovery made during that search bad.
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