INTRODUCTION
Introduction:
It is a well known fact that crime has existed from the origin of the human race. In the early days, barbaric and torturous was adopted for the detection of crime. Now a day’s forensic science have become a powerful techniques in the hands of the law enforcement agencies for the detection of crime.
Definition
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The Latin name of ‘forensic’ is ‘forensis’ which means belonging to courts of justice or public discussion and debate. ‘Forensic Science’ can be defined as that scientific discipline which is directed to the recognition, identification, individualization and evaluation of physical evidence by the application of the principles and methods of natural sciences for the purpose of administration of criminal justice. ‘Criminalistcs’ is another synonymous term which is commonly used in USA