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Dr.Sheetal Jain

Assistant Professor

Deptt. of Forensic Medicine

Govt. Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan, India.

IDENTIFICATION

Identity means the determination of the individuality of a person. The best way of identification is by the fingerprint system. In the absence of fingerprints DNA-testing is a very useful method.

The question of identification of a living person is mostly the concern of the police, and is raised in criminal courts.

It is also frequently raised in civil courts owing to fraudulent personation practised by people to secure unlawful possession of property, insurance claims.

The examination of a person for the purpose of identification should not bedone without obtaining his consent, and at the same time, it should be explained to him that the facts noted might go against him in evidence. the law does not oblige anyone to submit to examination against his will and thus furnish evidence against himself, except when he is an accused person under arrest.

The Identification of a dead body is required in cases of sudden and unexpected death, fires, explosions, railway/aircraft accidents, mutilated and fragmentary remains or hidden decomposed bodies.

Following points are usually noted for identification.