Forensic probe to be compulsory for offenses with over 6 years of jail: Amit Shah
Ten News Network
Gujarat, August 29th,2022: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the government will soon provide portable forensic labs to all districts of India to improve the conviction of crime rates and standardize the investigation process.
Shah was speaking as the chief guest at the first convocation of the National Forensic Sciences University(NSFU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
“The government aims to make forensic investigation compulsory and legal for offenses attracting punishment of more than six years”, Shah said.
“Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the central government is going to make changes in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Evidence Act, because nobody saw these laws from an Indian perspective after independence,” he said.
“Due to this, the government is going to make provision of forensic evidence compulsory and legal for offenses with more than six years of punishment”, he added.
“When forensic evidence will be made compulsory and legal for offenses with more than six years of punishment, then you can imagine how many forensic science expert graduates and double graduates will be required,” he told the gathering, adding that none of the graduating NFSU students will remain without placement.
On the occasion, Shah also inaugurated three Centres of Excellence in DNA Forensics, Cyber Security, and Investigative and Forensic Psychology at the NFSU, and said he is certain that they will prove beneficial for the country’s criminal justice system.
