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Recent Trends in Crime Scene Investigation: Inclusion of Forensic Science under New Criminal Law
Author: Dr. C.E. Pratap*
Published Date: 2025-01-06
Keywords: Physical Evidence, Forensic Expert, Crime scene reconstruction, Crime scene survey, Preservation of evidence, Forensic visit.
Abstract:
The recent introduction of new Criminal Law in India is considered as the most momentous event in the annals of criminal justice administration. The inclusion of forensic visit to the crime scene and video recording of the entire procedure done at the scene of occurrence is now become mandatory in all criminal cases where the punishment is more than seven years. This eventually brought a sea change in terms of conducting forensic crime scene investigation by the police with the assistance of an expert. The underlying object is to collect vital clue materials and physical evidence found in crime scene with the help of scientific techniques. The systematic crime scene investigation involves various scientific procedures to be performed by experts at the crime site adopting novel methods with the aid of forensic tools.