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Manoj vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 20 May, 2022

13. The Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Manoj v. State of M.P., reported in (2023) 2 SCC 353, held regarding the Collection and Preservation of Evidence that, if DNA evidence is not properly documented, collected, packaged, and preserved, it will not meet the legal and scientific requirements for admissibility in a court of law. Because extremely small samples of DNA can be used as evidence, greater attention to contamination issues is necessary while locating, collecting and preserving. DNA evidence can be contaminated when DNA from another source gets mixed with DNA relevant to the case. This can happen when someone sneezes or coughs over the evidence or touches his/her mouth, nose, or other part of the face and then touches area that may contain the DNA to be tested. The exhibits having biological specimen, which can
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