forensic science for all

First course in FS FM tasks and skill set:

A grade skills:

1. Crime scene management,
1. Preservation, recording, and reconstruction of types of physical evidence with strict adherence to APPM and relevant laws.
2. to understand different aspects of death like Cause, mode and time since death [FM]
3. drafting inquest reports
4. drafting letter of advice
2. search and seizure of relevant physical evidence in property and bodily offences
1. dos and don’ts
2. drafting letter of advice
3. drafting search and seizure panchanama
4. autopsy PM exhumation, mass death, executive magistrate inquest with PM [FM]
5. finger prints and other identification [FS]
6. search seizure methods in special offences[FM/FS]
7. understanding injuries types, weapons causing the same including drafting of inquest report and focus on description of injuries [ FM]
3. investigation of asphyxial deaths
1. drafting of requisition letter [FM]
2. search and seizure and collection of physical evidence [FS]
3. drafting letter of advice
4. investigation of sexual and unnatural offences of all kinds including dowry deaths and
1. drafting of requisition letter [ FM]
2. search and seizure and collection of physical evidence pertaining to sexual offences including dowry deaths [ FS]
3. drafting letter of advice
4. drafting of observation notes/ report on scene of crime, inquest report, panchanama in all cases of property offences and bodily offences and sexual offences [POLICE]
5. INVESTIGATION OF WHITE COLLAR CRIMES AND ECONOMIC CRIMES
1. document examination along with dos and don’ts with preparation including marking of documents in various economic crimes, white collar crimes, embezzlement, misappropriation, cheating , forgery cases, organized crime, scams, money laundering and [FS]
2. obtaining relevant standards [FS ]
6. investigation of riot arson and fire arm use cases
1. knowledge of APPM provisions and law provisions regarding riot arson firearms encounters cases
2. drafting letter of advice [ FS ]
7. prevention of female foeticide, MTP
1. provisions for diagnostic centers, guidelines for clinics and doctors with appreciation of proactive role expected of police[ FS]
8. identification of unidentified dead bodies [FM]
9. awareness relating to NHRC guidelines in case of death in encounter, police custody, death in jails [law]
10. NDPS act/crimes illegal trafficking
1. Knowledge of search procedures [ FS ]
11. investigation of explosives cases
1. APPM provisions and law provisions regarding
2. drafting letter of advice [FS]
12. identification of persons
1. DNA fingerprinting its use in different cases
2. dos and don’ts for sample collection ,
3. escorting people to FSL for sample collection
4. writing letter of advice
13. understanding expert opinion
1. obtain and use preliminary report from CLUES Team and final report from FSL
2. collation application of findings,
3. securing the return property [ FS]
4. Collection of expert reports the valuing them under relevant provision of law [ law ]
5. application to the crime scene reconstruction
6. formulation of questions for expert opinion [FM]

B GRADE SKILLS

14. interaction with CLUES team
1. drafting of requisition to clues team,
2. how to utilize their services for short on the spot report which will help obtain leads in investigation [ FS ]
15. investigation of counterfeiting, currency crimes
1. RBI guidelines
2. security features of notes
3. hands on practice to identify forged currency notes [ FS ]
16. basic awareness relating to digital crimes, including computer, cyber, credit card, debit card, ATM card, cell phone crimes [ FS ]
17. appreciation of new trends in scientific investigation
1. cases of audio video authentication ,
2. introduction to new FSL wings like forensic engineering computer forensics, forensic auditing [FS]
3. introduction to state of the art techniques in FS like brain mapping, narco hypnosis, polygraph [ FS ]
18. preventive policing
1. knowledge of biometrics
2. use of preventive forensics [ FS ]

C GRADE skills

19. Lifting packing forwarding and delivering physical evidence and biological evidence to FSL
20. taking bodies to FM for PM
21. Taking individuals to FM and to FSL for testing and sample collection.

Skill set for advanced course on FS FM

A Grade skills

1. investigation of grave crimes
1. Crime scene management,

i. preservation

ii. recording

iii. reconstruction ,

iv. types of physical evidence in grave crimes as per the APPM order 52-7 part I vol I. [FS ]

2. investigation of anesthetic and surgical deaths,
1. guidelines to be followed while processing the case along with legal provisions [FM and law ]
3. investigation of custodial deaths [ police ]
1. NHRC guidelines
2. relevant material evidence to be collected and the significance of each and the information that can be collected from the same [ FS]
3. types of injuries to look for in case of custodial deaths and regions of the body to look for the same [ FM ]
4. law and NHRC guidelines regarding custodial deaths [ law ]
4. organized crime- investigation,
1. scientific methods of interrogation,
2. documents to be seized,
3. formulation of letter of advice [FS ]
5. investigation of cases involving illicit trafficking of NDP substances [ police ]
1. search seizure
2. sampling testing procedures for NDPS [FS ]
3. addict profile deaddiction procedures ,
4. reformatory role of police in NDPS cases [FM ]
6. dowry deaths- investigation,
1. dos and don’ts [police]
2. search seizure and
3. collection of relevant material objects from the crime scene and their processing [ FS ]
4. PM autopsy in dowry death cases,
5. formulation of questionnaire for medical expert [FM ]
7. investigating IT crimes
1. briefing on IT act [ law ]
2. common technical lapses while handling digital crime exhibits and remedies suggested
3. rules for search seizure [ FS ]
4. documentation including search warrant and
5. what to/ what not to seize in digital crimes , credit card fraud [GEQD - FS]

B grade skill

8. know the latest in scientific tools
1. polygraph,
2. forensic engineering,
3. documents,
4. brain fingerprinting
5. narco analysis
6. computer crime section [ FS]