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Recovery of Lahan - Drum produced in court' contained no lahan - No seal on it No other independent witness produced. Possibility of his false implication, therefore, not safe to maintain conviction of accused. Whereas one drum containing Lahan was found in possession the petitioner which was kept concealed in his field. In pursuance of the disclosure statement made by him, the Lahan was got recovered from his field. When the drum was produced in the Court the Excise Inspector admitted that it contained no lahan and there was no seal on it. About Lahan, the learned Appellate Court has observed that as the summers had passed, the lahan was liable to evaporation, but it has been observed about the removal of the seal on the drum with the gunny bag. No other independent witness has been produced. Held, that it is not safe to maintain the conviction and sentence the appellant. The possibility of his false implication, cannot be relied out.