law: Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  55. Police to take charge of articles
  
  seized and delivered.
  An officer-in-charge of a police station shall take charge of
  
  and keep in safe custody, pending the orders of the Magistrate, all articles
  
  seized under this Act within the local area of that police station and which
  
  may be delivered to him, and shall allow any officer who may accompany such
  
  articles to the police station or who may be deputed for the purpose, to affix
  
  his seal to such articles or to take samples of and from them and all samples
  
  so taken shall also be sealed with a seal of the officer-in-charge of the
  
  police station.