Evidentiary Value of Forensics and its Legal Implications

Author – SHIVANI JOHRI, Assistant Professor at SHARDA UNIVERSITY

Best Citation – SHIVANI JOHRI, Evidentiary Value of Forensics and its Legal Implications, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 669-677, ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

In the investigation and prosecution of civil and criminal proceedings, forensic evidence analysis is used. It frequently can help in establishing a suspect’s guilt or innocence. It is also possible to link crimes that are thought to be connected using forensic evidence. For instance, DNA evidence may connect a single offender to numerous crimes or crime scenes (or exonerate the accused). Linking crimes helps police agencies discover and prosecute criminals by reducing the number of potential suspects and detecting patterns of crime.

The overview of forensic science has to be looked from the point of Archimedes^[1] as he is called as ‘the father of forensic science. In the criminal justice system, forensic science is crucial because it gives precise information through the examination of physical evidence and the identity of the perpetrator using unique clues like fingerprints, footprints, blood droplets, or hair. Artifacts left at the scene and with the victim, or transported from the location and with the victim, serve to link the criminal to the crime. On the other side, the accused’s innocence is established if the uncovered clues do not link the accused to the victim or the scene of the crime. Thus, in the modern world the existence of forensics is certainly a boon for the entire legal fraternity. Keywords- Forensic evidence analysis, DNA, fingerprints, physical evidence

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[1]  Aditya Jain, Evidentiary value of Fingerprints in Indian Criminal Justice System,( June 2021) https://articles.manupatra.com/article-details/Evidentiary-value-of-Fingerprints-in-Indian-Criminal-Justice-System( Last Visited on – 22 December, 2022)