{"id":30289,"date":"2026-08-16T07:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=30289"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:56:43","slug":"from-jalpaiguri-to-daubert-the-evolution-of-fingerprint-evidence-in-indian-and-american-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/from-jalpaiguri-to-daubert-the-evolution-of-fingerprint-evidence-in-indian-and-american-law\/","title":{"rendered":"From Jalpaiguri to Daubert: The Evolution of Fingerprint Evidence in Indian and American Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/span>Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fingerprint evidence occupies a unique position at the intersection of forensic science and criminal adjudication. Few forms of identification evidence have enjoyed such a long history of judicial acceptance, yet few have escaped scrutiny over the scientific basis of the conclusions drawn from them. The legal journey of fingerprint evidence therefore presents an important lesson: the evidentiary strength of a fingerprint does not depend merely upon the apparent uniqueness of friction-ridge patterns; it depends upon how the print was discovered, documented, preserved, examined, compared, interpreted, and ultimately presented to the court.<\/strong><\/p>

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