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2011 (7) TMI 1026 - SUPREME COURT
Whether Section 50 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short “the NDPS Act”) casts a duty on the empowered officer to “inform” the suspect of his -6-right to be searched in the presence of a gazetted officer or a Magistrate, if he so desires or whether a mere enquiry by the said officer as to whether the suspect would like to be searched in the presence of a Magistrate or a gazetted officer can be said to be due compliance with the mandate of the said section?