Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, Online ISSN 2278-8808, SJIF 2021 = 7.380, www.srjis.com PEER REVIEWED & REFEREED JOURNAL, NOV-DEC, 2022, VOL- 10/74 A STUDY ON FORENSIC EVIDENCE RELIABILITY IN CRIMINAL TRIALS IN INDIA Deepali Shivaji Bhalshankar1 & Shilparani S. Dongre2, Ph.D. 1
Researcher, Department of Law Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
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Research Guide, Assistant Professor, V.N. Patil Law College Aurangabad
Paper Received On: 25 DECEMBER 2022 Peer Reviewed On: 31 DECEMBER 2022 Published On: 01 JANUARY 2023 Abstract The field of forensic science, which employs scientific methods to provide objective circumstantial evidence, is currently advancing at an ever-increasing rate. As a result, increasing amounts of scientific evidence are presented, which is often less and less understandable to non-scientists and grows increasingly sophisticated. Over the past 25 years, the area of forensic science has developed, leading to significant scientific advancements (DNA typing, physical evidence databases, related scientific instrumentation). The word "forensic science" is an umbrella term that includes various scientific fields and crosses practically all medical subject boundaries. This study examines how forensic services are used in crime investigation as perceived by police officers in India at various levels of designation. The data was gathered using a structured questionnaire and a purposeful sampling approach. The findings were statistically interpolated using the SPSS programme. This study discovered a lack of knowledge of various forensic services, specialised forensic divisions, and the use of forensic methodologies during crime investigation among police officers working at lower hierarchy levels (<50%). The findings of this study would make it easier to spot any gaps in the application of forensic services during the course of a criminal inquiry. Keywords: Criminal trials, Evidence, Forensic, Justice, Reliability, India. Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com
Introduction Our criminal justice system, particularly at the trial level, has already had and probably will continue to experience an almost shocking impact from the rapid development of emerging scientific tools, particularly the growing understanding qua forensic application of deoxyribonucleic acid. The criminal trial court has been where these new scientific approaches' forensic applications have been most prominently observed. Despite the fact that some sciences, like fingerprinting and blood typing, have been used in criminal prosecutions for a long time, the past 20 years have seen the development of many new types of forensic science Copyright © 2022, Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies