The Supreme Court recently held that a search under the NDPS Act can be carried out by the In-Charge Station House Officer in the absence of the designated SHO of the Police Station. The bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice SVN Bhatti was hearing the challenge against the order of the Rajasthan High Court, which quashed an FIR for offences under Sections 8/18, 25 and 29 of the...