ROLE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN INDIA
Priya Anand, B.A.LL.B (H), 2026, 7th semester, Amity law school, Amity University, Patna (India)
The word forensic means the connection to the law and courts as it is connected with several branches which help to find suspects and accused persons related to crime. Forensic science not only control the crime but completely provide support in criminal investigation to provide the fair justice in Indian legal system, the forensic science has been used from decades that is from colonial period of British, but it still required implementation as it faces so many problems. The bharatiya sakshya adhiniyam, 2023 and bharatiya nagrik suraksha sanhita, 2023 studies the admissibility and legal use of evidence, the code explains the few of the important forensic methods like dna profiling or testing, comparison of fingerprints, cyber cell, toxicology, ballistic, and digital data and they are supposing to solve the crime case. The studies evaluate not only benefits but the problems faced by forensic science laboratories in all over India that call upon lack of infrastructure, delay in justice, less trained and experienced experts, and the gaps between the procedures. The courts are completely reliable on the forensic science evidence while sessions or trials are happening. India required better forensic laboratories, uniform procedure for forensic investigation, special training organized for lawyers and judges to understand the forensic methods and procedure, and their strongest judicial system reforms to improve the Indian legal system.
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| Research Paper | LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research (LIJDLR), Volume 4, Issue 3, Page 973–986. |
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