📘 DNA Evidence | 2025 Edition
✒️ Authored by: S.K. Jain | Language: English | Publisher: Khetrapal Law Agency
The 2025 Edition of DNA Evidence by S.K. Jain is a comprehensive and practice-oriented work on the use of DNA technology in the Indian legal system. With scientific precision and legal clarity, the book explains how DNA evidence is collected, preserved, examined, and presented in courts, making it indispensable for criminal law practitioners, forensic experts, judges, and students.
🔍 Key Features:
🧬 Foundations of DNA Evidence – basics of DNA science, collection methods, chain of custody, and forensic reliability.
⚖️ Legal Framework – detailed analysis of provisions under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill.
🏛️ Judicial Approach – landmark Supreme Court and High Court rulings on admissibility, evidentiary value, and limitations of DNA evidence.
🕵️ Applications in Criminal Trials – role of DNA profiling in rape cases, paternity disputes, homicide, identification of missing persons, and exoneration of the innocent.
📚 Evidentiary Challenges – contamination, secondary transfer, false matches, and defence strategies against unreliable reports.
👨⚖️ Courtroom Presentation – guidance on examination of experts, cross-examination techniques, and evidentiary standards.
🌐 Comparative Insights – international perspectives on the use of DNA evidence in justice systems worldwide.
🆕 2025 Edition – updated with recent case law, forensic developments, and evolving admissibility standards.
🎯 Recommended For:
Advocates & criminal law practitioners handling forensic evidence
Judges, magistrates & judicial officers assessing evidentiary reliability
Police officials, prosecutors & forensic scientists
Law students, academicians & researchers in criminal justice and forensic law
Libraries & institutions specialising in criminal law and forensic science
This 2025 Edition of DNA Evidence by S.K. Jain is a definitive, scholarly, and practice-driven guide, blending science and law to equip readers with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively handle DNA evidence in legal proceedings.
