*Corresponding Author Dr. Ninad Nagrale, Assistant Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology CM Medical College, Durg, Chattisgarh Mob. No-9822081074, 7639655845, Email: sumeetshende@rediffmail.com
Online published on 5 October, 2016.
Establishing a person's identity can be a very difficult process. There are many well-known methods of human identification, one of the most interesting emerging methods of human identification which originates from the criminal and forensic practice is human lips recognition. The present study was conducted among 500 subjects, aged 1–70 years with an aim to check whether there is any peculiar/common lip patterns found among males and females. The lip-imprints were taken by researcher no. 1 on a simple bond paper after applying lip stick evenly. Analysis of different patterns was done by researcher no.2 to avoid bias. 229 male out of 250 and 226 female out of 250 were positively identified. Type I, I’, II patterns were most commonly seen among female, while type III and IV lip patterns were most predominantly seen among males and type II lip pattern was present in both sexes. Lip prints are unique and do not change during the life of a person. So it can be taken as one of the person identification tool.
Lip prints, Human identification, Cheiloscopy
