Meghalaya Police Hand Book of Police Circulars w.e.f. 1971 upto ...

12. The accused persons / suspects should be arrested and thoroughly interrogated. Theirpersons and also their premises should be thoroughly searched for the murder weaponand in case of murder for gain, also for the property/ cash stolen.13. In case chance finger prints or foot or shoes prints have been lifted from the scene ofcrime then on the arrest of the accused/suspects, their finger prints and foot or shoeprints should be taken for their comparison with the same lifted from the scene ofcrime.14. In case of murder with firearm, all efforts should be made to seize the suspectedweapon immediately before the same is cleaned up and then sent to ballistic expert forexamination.15. If the accused makes a confession, it should be carefully recorded incorporating allrelevant details. He should then be sent to the Court to record his confession by aMagistrate under section 164 Cr.P.C. I/O should then have all verifiable details in theconfession thoroughly verified.If the accused denies the charge and gives statements in his defence, the sameshould also be verified.16. Investigation should be carried out keeping in view the ingredients of the offence ofmurder..17. If the accused is not known to the complainant or to witnesses, but they can identifyhim if they see, then T.I.P. should be arranged soon after the arrest.(B)RAPE CASES:In a case of a rape, it has to be proven that the accused had sexual intercoursewith the woman in question under any of the circumstances mentioned in Section 375IPC and that there was penetration. While investigating a rape case, I/O must alwayskeep the ingredients of the offence of rape in mind.There are three sources of clues in a rape case, i.e. the scene of crime, thevictim and the accused.SCENE OF CRIME: The I/O should look for following clues at the scene of crime:-(i) Any sign of disturbance. In case it is outdoor, sign of disturbance on the soiland vegetation. In case it is indoor then sign of disturbance in the room like thearticles that may be found disturbed or broken.(ii) In case it is outdoor, presence of footprints of the accused and the victim.(iii) In case it is outdoor, a sample of soil should be collected from the P.O forcomparison with the same which may be found on the person or clothing ofthe accused.(iv) If the victim was wearing glass bangles, broken pieces may be found at theP.O due to resistance offered by her.(v) The P.O. must be carefully searched for blood stains, semen, hair, etc. and alsofor any article that might have been left by the accused like handkerchief, etc.The victimI/O should collect the garments of the victim that might contain blood, semen,foreign pubic hair, etc.The victim should be got medically examined immediately and the M.Oshould be specifically requested to(i) Look for scratches or bite marks on the body of the victim or tears in thevagina.(ii) Look for exchange of pubic hair and also hair from the victim‟s head whichmight have been clutched by the victim.(iii) Looked for presence of blood or skin of the accused under the victim‟s fingernails due to scratching inflicted on the accused.(iv) Look for recent sign of intercourse, presence of smegma, rupture of hymen.Go top