Chain of custody
The unbroken documentary trail of who held a sealed exhibit, when, and under what seal, from the moment of collection through analysis to its production in court. For viscera, the chain begins with the autopsy surgeon's signed handover to the police constable and is recorded in the mortuary register, the police seizure memo and the SFSL receiving register.
Explained in these topics
- Chain of Custody: What Breaks It, and What Indian Courts Have Said
- Introduction to Crime Scenes: Types, Evaluation and Processing
- Post-Mortem Examination and Viscera Collection in Poisoning
- Forensic Archaeological Scene Recovery
- Physical Evidence: Nature, Types, Collection and Chain of Custody
- Lab Equipment, Evidence Handling and Chain of Custody in QDE
- Lab Equipment, Evidence Handling and Chain of Custody
- Lab Equipment and Chain of Custody for Fingerprint Casework