history and development of forensic science in India
HISTORY OF VARIOUS LABORATORIES IN INDIA
1. CHEMICAL EXAMINER’S LABORATORIES:
The first chemical examiner laboratory was, therefore, set up for this purpose at the then Madras Presidency, under the department of health, during 1849.
2. ANTHROPOMTERIC BUREAU:
While some progress was made in the identification of poisons, the identification of people specifically criminal was still being done in a rather haphazard manner.
William Herschel, the collector of the district of Hooghly (Bengal) found that markings on the fingertips of a person never changed during his lifetime.
4. DEPARTMENT OF EXPLOSIVE:
5. GOVERNMENT EXAMINER OF QUESTIONED DOCUMENT, SHIMLA:
6. SEROLOGIST TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
7. FOOTPRINT SECTION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT:
8. NOTE FORGERY SECTION IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT:
During 1917, a Note Forgery Section was set up under the CID, Government of Bengal, to undertake the examination of forged currency notes.
9. BALLISTICS LABORATORY:
10. SCIENTIFIC SECTION IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION:
11. STATE FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY, CALCUTTA:
The first state forensic science laboratory in India was established in the year 1952 at Calcutta.
12. CENTRAL FINGERPRINT BUREAU:
13. CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES:
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