IMPORTANCE OF STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AT SCENE OF CRIME: A FORENSIC VS. JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
Author(s): Richa Rohatgi* and A.K. Kapoor
A picture is worth a thousand words and it is especially true in crime scene photography.” Photography is the basis of all crime scenes and is carried out on priority. Photographs and crime sketches are the most effective and simplest way to represent a crime scene by the Investigating officer. They are most useful in supplying significant bits and pieces with exact measurement of the site and evidence where the crime has occurred. The purpose of crime scene photography is to provide a true and accurate record of the crime scene and physical evidence present by recording the original scene and related areas. No matter how well an investigator can verbally describe a crime scene; photographs can tell the same story better and more easily as it freezes time and records the evidences. Forensic photography is an integral part of trial. And the judgment often is based upon crime scene photographs to prove prima facie evidence.
