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APPROACH FOR
INCREASING CONVICTION
RATE
Dr. Niraj
Dingre
Professor, Forensic
Medicine,
S.K.N.M.C.,
Pune.
Intended Audience:
1. Doctors
2. Lawyers
3. Police officers
4. Forensic Scientists
Statement of Purpose:
combining or involving
several academic disciplines
or professional
specializations in an
approach to a topic or
problem.
Multidisciplinary vs
Interdisciplinary vs
Transdisciplinary:
Additive: Interactive :
Holistic
Conviction Rate:
Definition-
Accountability of
prosecution &investigation
increased.
Whether these measures
address the basic
problem?
Reasons behind Low
conviction rate in India:
The problems can be
divided in four
categories:
A) Investigation
B) Prosecution
C) Trial
D) Legal & Systemic
problems
A] Investigation Related:
1. Insufficiency of evidence
due to
poor investigation
Crime scene
investigation:
A] Investigation Related:
2. Inexperience &
inadequate
qualification of
investigating
officers
A] Investigation Related:
3. Non-separation of
investigative
staf
A] Investigation Related:
4. Lack of qualified
personnel,
logistics & financial
resources
A] Investigation Related:
1. No screening
2. Lack of cooperation
between prosecution &
investigative agencies
B] Prosecution related:
3. Reluctance of witnesses
to testify
B] Prosecution related:
4. Difficulties in obtaining
and
adducing forensic
evidence
Forensic Evidence:
What is significance of
medical evidence?
Is it Science & Law
or
Science vs Law ?
C] Trial related:
1. Inadequate court
structures
C] Trial related:
2. Lack of resources
C] Trial related:
3. Numerous adjournments
D] Legal & Systemic
factors:
1. Exclusion of evidence
D] Legal & Systemic
factors:
2. Lack of coordination
between
stakeholders
D] Legal & Systemic
factors:
3. Rigidity of system
What can be the
solutions to these
problems?
1. Whether complete
overhaul of
system is necessary or
minor
tweaking is sufficient?
In India, criminal justice
system is not a system in
its structural
framework.
Can we afford new
system?
Do we afford current
system?
2. Crime scene and other
forensic
investigations
Advantages:
1. Increased quality
2. Decreased burden on I.O.
3. Increased objectivity
3. Separation of
investigative staf
4. Interaction between
diferent
disciplines