'CRIME FORENSICS' Now, Ready To ReaD. By Arun Bhoi (arun.bhoi@gmail.com) Arun Bhoi (Forensic Expert), has written an all rounding book ‘CRIME FORENSICS’ (In Marathi), which will stand as
a guide in crime investigation and will
be a true friend for the police personnel and informative to everyone.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
The author has
rendered 28 years of service in the
Forensic Science Laboratories , State of
Maharashtra, as a Forensic Analyst - Chemical Analyser , as also, Supervisory
Officer as Assistant Director (Ex.) and I/C
Dy. Director (Ex.) in various faculties. The author haves the intense
experience of ‘Scene of Crime’ visits, Court Room appearances and Examination
of Crime Materials from the Medico Legal cases registered under different
sections of IPC, Cr.P.C., NDPS Act, Explosives Act, Essential Commodities
Act, Bombay Prohibition Act, Anti -
Corruption Act, Arms Act viz. explosives, tranquilizer drugs, narcotic drugs
(Heroin, Charas, Ganja etc.), petrol – diesel adulteration, cement
adulteration, anti – corruption cases, forgery – documents, stolen vehicles –
restoration of original engine/chassis
numbers, poisons – insecticides in visceral material, illicit liquors/foreign
liquors - toddy samples, alcohol consumption
cases (Blood alcohol), physical matching, cut marks, ballistics and much more.
The author has
guided police officers and staff at
refreshers workshops and explored the working
of the FSL’s. The participants were
asking for the notes which was a pretty tedious and voluminous job and this
only gave a birth to a book titled ‘CRIME FORENSICS’ (Marathi). It contains
appropriate information related to almost every type of crime, crime material,
crime investigation and its scientific analyses.
‘CRIME
FORENSICS’ will be helpful and guide police officials, crime
investigators to follow a correct path right from crime visits
to protection of crime scene, scientific
search of crime exhibits, its collection, packing, making of records, post mortem examination, handling of viscera and articles, preparing various forwarding letters, making the relevant questionnaires, depositing crime
exhibits and viscera for chemical analysis in designated Forensic Laboratories
and obtaining the CA reports from
Forensic Labs.
ABOUT THE
BOOK ‘CRIME FORENSICS’
Following
things are elaborately explained with the help of figures, tables, law sections
and important case judgments / histories for easiness in the book titled ‘CRIME FORENSICS’ (Marathi).
0 1. Forensic Science and its development. Forensic
Science Laboratories in Maharashtra. 2. Scene of Crime Visits, its Protection and Preserverance,
Scientific search for crime clue material. 3. Principles of Exchange : Edmond Locard and Hans
Gross. 4. Footprints,
Gates Pattern and Gayer System. Preserverance of prints, Making of casts. 5. Fingerprints,
its characteristics, Methods of developing fingerprints. Format of ‘Form No. 61
(E)’. 6. Documents,
Handwriting, Fake Currency Notes, Spurious machine parts/ labels
examination. 7. Anti-corruption
cases, Cheating, Frauds, Inferior quality of/dissolution of Gold ornaments. 8. Vehicular
accidents, M. V. ACT, Vehicle thefts, Restoration
of original engine/chassis numbers. 9. Petrol,
Diesel and Kerosene Adulteration, Fire,
Cement Adulteration and Edible oil Adulteration. 10.
Explosives,
RDX, TNT, Dynamites, IED, Bombs, Explosion, Bomb Disposal and Detection
Squad. 11.
Narcotic drugs, NDPS Act, Charas, Ganja, Bhang, Opium, Morphine, Heroin etc., RAVE
parties. 12.
Ballistics,
Arms Act, Hand guns- Pistol, Revolver,
AK-47, Bullet Comparison, Bullet
Proof Jackets. 13.Important sections of IPC, Theft, Housebreaking, Dacoity. Chili powder-Criminal use. 14.
Poisons,
Lethal Dose, Post Mortem material /Viscera,
Bones/ Hairs, Preservatives, Gas poisoning (Bhopal case), Submission of
poisoning cases/exhibits for poison detection. Food Poisoning. 15. Dowry Deaths, Death, by Burning, Suicides Drowning, Electrocution, Sulphuric acid burns. 16. Murder,
Attempt to murder, Blood, Semen,
Biological Material, Cut marks caused by weapons. 17.Rape, Making of parcels for biological
examination. 18. DNA Fingerprinting profile, DNA availability,
Paternity Disputes, Sampling for DNA
examination, Medical Officer’s role - sample
collection. Format of ‘Identification
form’ for DNA examination. 19. Snake
bite, Wild animals cases 20.Wood - Match stick examination. 21. Skull Superimposition. 22.
Alcohol
consumption, Prohibition Act,
Illicit liquor, Liquor tragedies,
Excise duty samples. 23. Blood
Alcohol(BAC). Formats of Form No. A and Form No. B. 24. Dog Squad. 25.Cyber
Crime, IT Act – 2000 related sections. 26. Lie Detection / Polygraph, Narco Analysis,
BEOS– Brain Fingerprinting, Voice identification. 27.
Working
of Forensic Laboratories and Mode of correspondence
to be done with it. 28. Right To
Information Act – 2005 and Forensic Science Laboratories. 29.
Job
Prospects in Forensic Science Laboratories.
This makes
sure that ‘CRIME FORENSICS’ (Marathi) will be an excellent tool for Investigating
Police Officers and Police Staff to unlock the mystery of various crimes. The
book will also be helpful to Police/Police Officers Training Institutes,
Refreshers Courses/Workshops, Doctors, Advocates, Medical/ Forensic/ Law
Institutions its Staff and Students, Reporters, Private Detectives, NGO and a Layman,
too. 
