The Role of the Scientific Method in Forensic Crime Scene Investigation: A Vehicular Homicide Case Study

Forensic science has a very important role in the crime scene. During the inspection of the crime scene, the concerned scientific officer carefully inspects various types of cases and collects evidence which is prima facie related to the crime scene. All the evidence obtained during the inspection is sent to the forensic laboratory in a sealed condition for physical, chemical, biological and electronic testing. After the test, it is assessed as per the report received that how the incident sent to the lab is related to the crime scene, how the evidence is related to the deceased or the victim, it helps in understanding and solving it in a systematic way. The presented research paper is related to such a case in which a girl dies in a road accident in District Balrampur, State Chhattisgarh, which prima facie appeared to be a normal road accident after seeing the crime scene, but when the investigation was done as per the instructions given by the senior scientific officer to the investigating officer, it emerged as a murder committed under a well-planned conspiracy. In this case, the doctor who conducted the postmortem also It was recommended to give the cause of death only after the forensic report came in. During the investigation of this case, the concerned person was traced and after collecting the evidence, the scene of crime was inspected again by the senior scientific officer and scientific officer of forensics and the evidence found during the inspection was sealed and sent to the forensic laboratory; the test report of which came as expected, so the case was resolved and the accused was punished. In the said case, the scene of crime inspection and the forensic test report of the evidence found at the scene of crime played a major role.