Investigation of Concealed Homicide and Establishment of Positive Identification: A Critical Study

To conceal a crime to be detected by the investigating agencies like police and doctor is the prime
moto for the criminals. These concealed homicides are very difficult to investigate by the investigating
officers starting from confirmation of alleged accused to the collection of positive evidences in favour
of the case to prove beyond doubt in the court of law. More difficulties arise when they try to destroy
the evidences by concealing dead body of offence, by throwing the body in the unapproachable area
or making difficult to identify by relatives or investigation officers by burning or mutilating the deceased
by the accused. A case is discussed here, having similar observations that the accused tried to
concealed the crime by burning the dead body on the outskirt of the city. Various aspects in this case
like cause of death, establishment of positive identification etc. are discussed in this paper.