The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has expressed displeasure over non-compliance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) laid down for the collection and preservation of evidence, both biological and non-biological, in serious cases pertaining to sexual offences.
A Division Bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Abhay Waghwase in its judgment on Dec. 19 said time and again the police machinery and forensic experts have shown “utter disregard” for compliance with the SOP to be adopted during the collection of biological and non-biological evidence and its preservation to avoid degradation.
