Scientific Investigation in Criminal Justice System in India: Issue and Challenges

Abstract

There are numerous issues and challenges occurs while dealing with scientific investigation in C.J.S., especially in a developing country like India, Where the shortage of forensic laboratories i.e. Infrastructural Issues are very common. Other issue that of technical nature is that the assistants, staffs at laboratories have been poorly trained i.e. not has properly trained. The training personals are very low in numbers as per the requirement of the country cases. The trannies staffs persons & other staffs,
assistants have lack of knowledge in know how to use the Scientific Forensic Technology & even how to handle or how to take care of the chain of custody of forensic Evidence like hair, Skin, blood samples, thumb impressions, foot prints etc. Plus the costs of these kinds of evidences are very costly. Common people or laymen think of those forensic sciences research or DNA analysis as the show like CID's, CSI, CBI etc., which portrays DNA samples brought into a laboratories and then quickly analyzed, a forensic expert announce the findings of the case or by pulling up a picture of a suspect within few hours.