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As Paul Kirk, the noted forensic science pioneer, described it, forensic science is interested in the “unlikely and the unusual” (Kirk, 1963, p. 368). This is certainly true of crime scenes: Each one is unique. The crime committed, the location, the items used, the people involved, all vary from scene to scene. Although nearly every police and forensic agency has written protocols about processing a crime scene, these may be trumped by the circumstances of the crime scene. As Barry Fisher, retired Director of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Crime Laboratory notes, “There are few absolute rules in crime scene investigations . . . . There are always cases where guidelines cannot be followed . . . . Situations demand that investigators be flexible and creative when necessary” (2004, p. 49). That is, crime scene investigators (or CSIs, for short), must know and follow their agency’s protocols but must be ready to improvise, within accepted limits, to protect and/or preserve e

The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as “the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” Within this definition, there are three key elements—violence, fear, and intimidation—and each element produces terror in its victims. The FBI uses this: "Terrorism is the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives." The U.S. Department of State defines "Terrorism" to be "premeditated politically-motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience. There are three perspectives of terrorism: the terrorist’s, the victim’s,

Preamble:-  Whereas it  is  expedient to provide a general Penal Code for India;  It is enacted an follows:- 1.Title and extent of operation of the Code:-  This Act shall be called the  Indian Penal Code, and shall extend to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. History:-  The Indian Penal Code is the  Product. Of the  work of successive Law Commission constituted by the British during the 19 th   century. The main milestones  in the work towards the preparation  of the  Code are as under:- (1)          Chapter Art,1833 under which the first Indian Law Commission was constituted. (2)          Constitution of the  First Indian Law Commission (1834): President-Maculae Members(Commissioner): McLeod Anderson Millets (3)          Draft Code submitted to the Governor General in Council (14 th  October,1837). (4)          Constitution  of Second Indian Law Commission (26 th  April 1845). (5)          Report of the Second Indian Law Commission on the Draft Penal Code (1

INTRODUCTION   The object of every judicial investigation is the enforcement of a right or liability that depends on certain facts. The law of evidence can be called the system of rules whereby the questions of fact in a particular case can be ascertained. It is basically a procedural law but it has shades of substantive law. For example, the law of estoppel can defeat a man’ right. Law of Evidence is one of the fundamental subjects of law and therefore we must study it in detail and depth. The term ‘evidence’ owes its origin to the Latin terms ‘evident’ or ‘evidere’ that mean ‘to show clearly, to discover, to ascertain or to prove.’ OBJECT OF THE STUDY OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE Evidence refers to anything that is necessary to prove a certain fact. Thus, Evidence is a means of proof. Facts have to be proved before the relevant laws and its provisions can be applied. It is evidence that leads to authentication of facts and in the process, helps in rationalising an opinion of the judicial