A young female had an affair with a man of a different caste. The barriers of society forced her to marry someone else, but the flame of love still burnt and they kept on secretly meeting. The husband discovered this illicit liaison and gave her a sound thrashing. The two then conspired and finished the unfortunate husband off. They even tried to bluff the villagers and cremated the body but the small child of the murdered man spilled the beans, leading to subsequent arrest of the paramours. A very important lacuna in investigations, however, stood between their convictions. With remote and inaccessible DNA analysis facilities, specifically for study of DNA from ash, it was difficult to establish identity of the deceased, a point used by the defense lawyers in court. The following paper is an attempt to illustrate & emphasize the need to establish DNA analysis facilities in all tertiary health centers (Medical Colleges) with availability of all modern and recent analysis techniques for quick and exact identification of unidentified corpses to avoid loopholes in criminal justice system which prove to be escape tunnels for criminals to escape punishment.
Conflagrated bones, DNA analysis
