the P.W.4 Angusamy, Inspector of Police, for his approval. On approval of the said P.W.4, P.W.1 P.V.Naveen, went to the scene of occurrence along with P.W.2 Ponnuthurai and one Kamalakannan. At that time, the appellant came with white colour polythene cover. After verifying address and other particulars of the appellant, P.W.1, informed to him about the right provided to appellant for choosing mode of search either in the presence of Gazetted Officer or in the presence of Judicial Magistrate, for which, the appellant replied that there is no necessity for conducting search either in the presence of Gazetted Officer or in the presence of Judicial Magistrate, thereby, P.W.1 requested one Annamalai and Gurusamy, who are the platform vendors for standing as witnesses. But, they refused to stand as witnesses. So, without any alternative in the presence of P.W.2 Ponnuthurai and one Kamalakannan, who are working as Head Constables in Police Department, P.W.2 issued a search notice to the appellant under Ex.P.2. P.W.2 made search on the appellant and took the white colour polythene packet from the custody of the appellant. On opening the said packet, it was found that ganja weighing about 1.5 Kilogram was kept inside the packet. In which, about 50 grams were taken separately by P.W.2 for chemical examination.
