Role of Latent Palm Prints Present on Documents in Establishment of Individuality Chauhan Amit1,*, Chadha Medha2 1Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences, Amity University, Sec-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Post-Graduate Student, Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences, Amity University, Sec-125, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: Amit Chauhan, Email id: amit_chauhan777@yahoo.in, Contact details: +91-9540067484
Online published on 7 May, 2019. Abstract Personal authentication is the key of security and reliability in society. Reliability of personal identification depends on various sources of evidences recovered from the crime scene. The evidences are recovered in several plights which carry information about the person involved in crime. Among physical evidences, impressions are considered most important clue about the individuality due to its nature. Latent palm prints which are encountered at scene of crime in form of questioned documents such as wills, property documents, official papers etc. The development of these latent palm prints not only provide conclusive identification of an individual, but also provides unique minutiae details for authentication. In this study, 80 samples including male and female were studied from Northern part of India to establish the identification of an individual through the intensification of latent palm prints present on documents. The fixed four parameters and 12 sub-parameters from this study increase the evidential value of such lateral palm prints. It can also be placed at par with fingerprints in court of law on the top of other scientific evidences. Top Keywords Identification, Questioned documents, evidence, latent prints, individuality, etc. Top |