Authors

Sudhakar Yadav

Abstract

Lip prints are the same as a fingerprint which is used for the purpose of personal identification such as their individual characters for every human (Male and Female). Lips have their own unique feature and these unique features can be analyzed by the Cheiloscopy examination, lip print can help the investigating officers in linking between subject and location where show the absent and present in the crime scene. The lip print basically fissures by the attached to the wrinkles and grooves by the labial mucosa were known as Sulci labiorum, in the scientific language, the study of the lip prints is called Cheiloscopy which is a Greek word which means skopein-see and chelios-lips it's more helping in the field of forensic science for identification or examination. The methods used in the development of lip print from the crime scene in which the use of lip print kit such as cellophane tape, thin paper, magnifying glass usually used 10x, brush, and lipstick. Lip print also helps in sex determination. The present study is moreover related to defining the authenticity of lip print on the basis of individual feature which was similar to that of fingerprints. Key Words: Cheiloscopy, Lip Print, Forensic Science

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