Journal of Forensic Investigation
Research Article
Blood of Accused - Vital Scientific Evidence in Crime of Rape
Kudekar DY1*, Mahajan VB1*, More BP1, Kawade JR1 and Kulkarni KV2
1Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Home Department, India
2Directorates of Forensic Science Laboratories, Home Department,
India
*Address for Correspondence: Kudekar DY, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Government of Maharashtra, Home Department, Dindori Road, Nashik - 440002, Maharashtra, India; Phone/Fax (O): 0253-2620573, Mob: 8898267006; E-mail: deepak.kudekar99@maharashtra.gov.in
Mahajan VB, Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Home Department, India Email: vaishalimahajan.nagpur@gmail.com
Submission: 16-July-2020;
Accepted: 12-August-2020;
Published: 19-August-2020
Copyright: © 2020 Kudekar DY, et al. This is an open access article
distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Rape is a heinous crime and lot of rape crimes are registered
in Maharashtra day to day. In case of a minor victim, medical
examination plays important role to prove the rape. For the forensic
analysis, forensic science laboratory receives the samples collected
by medical officers during the medical examination of victim and
accused and the other samples of them like clothes, crime scene
articles seized by investigation agency. In the crime of rape, semen of
accused on clothes of victim or in genital parts of victim is always the
crucial scientific evidence which can prove the act of crime and can
led severe punishment by law. However, every time it is not possible
to obtain semen on articles as sometimes ejaculation of semen may
not be achieved by the culprit. In such situations, blood also plays
important role to connect the accused with the crime. We analyzed
two such cases where, DNA profiles obtained from blood detected
on victim’s clothes matched with DNA profiles of accused. However,
as the cases were belonged to rape, accused were adult and both
victims were minor, the transfer of blood of accused on their clothes
was astonishing. After studying medical examination report of both the
accused, it was found that they had penile injuries while attempting
the crime. So, in absence of semen; the DNA profile obtained from
blood on victim’s clothes found the crucial evidence in both the cases
which proved the involvement of accused in the crime.
