ROLE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN REVEALING THE INSIDER INFORMATION OF ACCUSED: METHODS AND THEIR LEGALITY

Abstract

Forensic science, which has gained much fame these days for contributing to the ends of justice, is the application of various branches of science like medicine, chemistry, microbiology, odontology, physiology etc. in the resolution and determination of complicated disputes of the legal nature, which posed mysterious puzzle before the investigators of crime and the Court of Law. Neither the codified laws nor the customary general laws can ensure the justice if concerned actors failed to provide accurate evidence before the Courts. And providing that evidence which is accurate, exact and beyond reasonable doubt is not an easy job in any manner in each and every case, even for those whom have expertise in the field of law. Forensic Science is invaluable in this context because it has the potential to provide reliable, pertinent, accurate and often definitive information in the form of evidence about a given case to the investigators and the courts. Furthermore, the information that it supplies frequently cannot be obtained by other means. Science can be used to identify individuals, objects and substances. Importantly, it can provide evidence of contact between an individual and the items or people that he or she has encountered. It may also reveal other types of information that could be pivotal in a given case, such as the amounts or concentrations of particular substances present in a given sample, or details about the timing or sequence of events that occurred during an incident1 . The role of the forensic scientist is to provide the justice system with impartial, scientifically rigorous information.