HISTORY

Before setting up of a Forensic Science Laboratory at Pangei, case exhibits were referred to institutes like Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Calcutta and State Forensic Science Laboratory, Guwahati for examination and report.  In view of this difficulty, the Govt. of Manipur established a Forensic Science Laboratory which started functioning from 31st January 1989. More Divisions of this Laboratory became functional by commissioning the first floor of the building on 19th October 1992, the Centenary Day of Manipur Police.

LOCATION

Forensic Science Laboratory is located at Pangei, which is about 10 kms to the north from Imphal, adjacent to the campus of the Manipur Police Training School, on the eastern side of the main road.

WHY FORENSIC SCIENCE

Forensic Science is a branch of science which deals with crime, criminals and the law. The basic scientific principles like physics, chemistry, biology, etc. are technically applied for the administration of law under the common banner of Forensic Science. It is a multi-disciplinary subject studying various types of material evidence, which could in some way or the other, be related to a crime.

“No crime could be perfect”, criminals always leave some clues at the scene of crime or with the victim. At the same time, they always carry some traces of the crime with them. The investigating team or the expert collects these clues, and examine them at the Forensic Science Laboratory to confirm linkages  between the crime and the criminal(s).

Forensic Science helps investigation of crime by :-