Srinagar, July 29: The Special Court for NDPS Cases, Srinagar, has acquitted two accused in a 2022 narcotics case registered at Police Station Budgam, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their conscious and exclusive possession of the alleged contraband beyond reasonable doubt. However, the court found several gaps in the prosecution case, including discrepancies regarding the recovery, identification, weighing, sealing and transportation of the seized material. The court held that while individual discrepancies might not have been fatal, their cumulative effect created serious doubts about the prosecution case. Relying on Supreme Court judgments, including Noor Aga and State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh, the court stressed that statutory safeguards under the NDPS Act must be strictly followed. The court also held that the alleged conspiracy under Section 29 of the NDPS Act had not been proved.