Authors : Reeta R Gupta
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijfmts.2020.021
Volume : 5
Issue : 3
Year : 2020
Page No : 90-94
Questioned Document examination is one of the very challenging fields in comparison with other branch of
forensic science, and is well developed, scientifically valuable for the court of law. Document examination
plays a very important role in solving civil and criminal cases related with fraud, forgery and counterfeit
security documents. Forensic document examiner reveals the truth by obtaining the scientific information
during forensic analysis of disputed documents related with any fraud and forgery. Over the past threefour
decades, the various novel scientific methods have been developed, which have really helped the
forensic document examiners in solving criminal cases however still it is not an easy task for any expert
to solve high-tech criminal cases. The main objective of this manuscript is to focus on the important role
Questioned Document Examination in solving criminal cases for more comprehensive understanding for
evidential poof and significant role Questioned Document Expert of the in criminal justice system. The
Forensic document expert provides the scientific proof of evidence as an expert opinion on criminal cases
and scientific assistance by providing evidence as expert testimony in the court of law. On the basis of
Questioned document examination report many of the cases solved and helped in taking judicious decision
in criminal justice system.
Keywords: Handwriting Examination, Forensic Document Examination etc.