Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Lip prints are defined as the grooves and wrinkled patterns present on the labial mucosa. They are admissible as evidence in the court of law as they are found to be unique and permanent which do not change during the life span of an individual. In this paper, a pilot study was done to ascertain the sex and race of an individual by studying their lip print patterns. The targeted experimented group included Indian(Caucasoid) and African(Negroid) students, both male and female studying at Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat. The successful inter-comparison according to the race and sex of the exemplar was done giving a definite result that the cheiloscopy can aid in identification of an individual by establishing his or her race and gender.