Abstract:

The research team behind this project hopes their findings will help improve law enforcement agencies' ability to investigate crimes, maintain law and order, and collect important intelligence. In order to maintain and improve one's competence, specialized training facilities are essential. At least one forensics laboratory per 3–4 million people needs to be set up in each district or cluster of districts. Only by having access to such sophisticated forensic laboratories will law enforcement be able to keep up with the rising crime rate in our more urbanized society. Insufficient resources, such as outdated cameras, prevent the police from conducting thorough investigations. There is a severe lack of forensic science labs, and not a single one exists at the district level that can provide prompt help to the investigating Police. It is also well-known that many different states' law enforcement agencies lack forensic and cyber expertise. As a result, law enforcement agencies place less emphasis on scientific and circumstantial evidence and more on testimonial testimony. There is an immediate need to assign considerable importance of CCTV Recordings in light of the Information Technology Act, 2000 for use in the Court of Law in light of the rising prevalence of electronic gadgets in the commission of crimes. For the best possible use of CCTV recordings as evidence in a court of law, the investigating officials must comprehend the science behind them. The judicial system's track record in dealing with electronic evidence has not been very reassuring, and for good reason: protecting the authenticity of digital evidence is difficult. The judiciary often misinterprets evidence because it is not technically savvy enough to understand it. In numerous cases, forensic specialists have also had trouble getting courts to grasp the technical details of the evidence they had gathered

Description:

Electronic Evidence, Criminal Investigation, Law Enforcement Agencies, India, CCTV Recordings