Though DNA fingerprinting technology has helped in solving many crimes, its efficiency is affected by a lot of loopholes in India. Examine (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
Relevance of DNA Finger Printing
· Forensics: As most TV watchers know, DNA fingerprinting can be accomplished with a very small quantity of DNA and is a sure-fire way to "finger" a culprit in a crime. Similarly, DNA fingerprinting can and does exonerate innocent people of crimes—sometimes even crimes committed years ago. DNA fingerprinting also can be easily used to identify a decomposing body.
· Noncriminal Identification: DNA fingerprinting can answer that question quickly and accurately. In addition to identifying adoptive children and settling paternity suits, DNA fingerprinting also has been used to establish a relationship in the case of inheritance. More than once, DNA fingerprinting has made it possible for people separated as a result of natural disaster or war to find their children and parents.
· DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019, a draft legislation that looks to establish DNA data banks around the country in order to identify victims, offenders, suspects and the like using genetic information. The data that is accumulated in this manner will then be used to identify people involved in criminal cases, as evidence in judicial proceedings, and also to facilitate the prosecution of criminal cases.
Loop holes in Finger printing
· Instances abound where polluted DNA crime scene data has resulted in the prosecution of innocents.
· As much as DNA information provides us a profile of criminals, it could drag their innocent relatives into the net as well.
· This sort of use of such forensic technology constitutes a disproportionate incursion into our privacy and we need to ask ourselves whether such a law is really necessary.
· Faked prints in the crime scenes also wrong doers to deviate the investigation of cases.
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