Miss. Rekha Parameswari, a Sri Lankan national, stated to be falsely styled an Gananambikai Mukhaiya, holding a Sri Lankan passport, also stated to be a forged one, was a passenger bound for Colombo by Indian Airlines flight I.C. 573 on 21-2-1989. She proceeded for security check after customs clearance at the Madras International Airport. The lady Security Officer, while frisking her, felt that something was kept concealed on her person. She was therefore taken to a toilet and when her person was searched in the presence of two lady witnesses, her undergarment jetty was found bulging, creating a suspicion that something was kept concealed within. On being asked to remove the jetty for examination, she did so and a polythene bag was kept in between two jetties stitched together and it was found to contain some brown powder, suspected to be narcotic substance weighing 500 gms. When questioned, she was stated to have admitted that the said powder was brown sugar and the same was given to her by a person to be smuggled out of India to Sri Lanka. She was not holding any permit and therefore the same was seized by the Security Officer under a mahazar for taking action under