Forensic science-Fingerprint and other impression evidences

1. Presented by,
Darshan Pandya (T7420FC019)
Guided by:-Dr Shivanimam pandya
Deparment of Forensic Science

2. Case study
Snehal Gaware Murder Case –
Unsolved Crazy Murder Case

3. • Snehal Gaware, a resident of Dombivili, Thane, Maharashtra, in India, was
murdered on 20 July 2007, allegedly by her boyfriend.
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• Snehal Gaware
• Born:-India
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• Died :-20 July 2007 (aged 21. ,Andheri
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• Body discovered.:- 21 July 2007
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• Nationality :-Indian
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• Occupation :-student
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4. Murder
• Gaware was studying at the Sardar Patel College of
Engineering, Andheri. She lived with her parents in
Dombivili, at the Ninad Society where she had been
recuperating from a leg injury in June 2007. On 20 July
2007, she was missing from home when her mother
returned. The following day, Gaware's body was found
with her mouth gagged, and her hands and legs tied in
the drawer of her bed.

5. •Gaware's boyfriend, Hiten Rathod, was
arrested and charged with her murder in
April 2010. He had continued his education
in the United States in the meantime. Police
dropped the charges the following year,
citing a lack of evidence.

8. Investigation
• During investigation,a general psychological
test,polygraph and brain analysis tests were
conducted on snehal mother,father and her
alleged boy friend.

9. Prime evidences
• The mother checked her own phone to find a blank
message from snehal at 3:28 pm on murder day.
• The police suspect the blank message was sent by snehal
before she was attacked.
• Police found that the mobile was sold at a shop.with the
help of the shopowner ,a sketch of the seller was drawn
up.

10. • Police said,the person who sold the phone,is one of the main suspects and
they are still looking for him.
• There was no sexual assault on snehal.
• No fingerprints were found in snehal room.
• Her boyfriend was detained twice in the past and was given a narco analysis
test as well.
• Police claims that her boy friend murdered snehal,took away her phone
,destroyed the sim card,and sold the phone,to the dealer.
• On the basis of unique IMEI number,police were able to trace it.
• Interestingly,snehal elder sister sheetal had earlier registered a police
complaint at police station against her father for beating her.
• Retired,ACP kashinath a family friend,said, i had intervened and to resolve
the dispute.

11. Unsolved Crime: 13 years on, Kalyan Crime
Branch yet to find murder accused
Gaware, a resident of Ninad Cooperative Society, was a
second-year student at Sardar Patel College of Engineering in
Andheri. Few days before Gaware was found dead, she had
gone on a trek and after coming back, she was home for a
couple of days because she had some nail injuries during the
trek. On July 19, 2007, around 11 am, Gaware’s mother, a
teacher, left for work leaving the student alone at home.

12. • In the evening, when she returned, she could not find her daughter. The police
inspector from Kalyan Crime Branch, Sanju John, said Gaware’s slippers, her
braces, which she never left at home if she was out, and one glass of her
spectacles were found in the house. The mother checked her own phone to find
a blank message from Gaware at 3.28 pm. She tried calling Gaware but her
phone was not reachable. The mother called Gaware’s friends and her alleged
boyfriend. But nobody had any information about her. The police suspect the
blank message was sent by Gaware before she was attacked.
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• The mother then lodged a missing complaint with the local police station.
Around 4am the next day, the mother noticed a water jar in the room of
Gaware, which was suppose to be in the storage space inside her bed. The
mother went to keep the jar back in its place and found Gaware’s body. Her
hands were tied behind her back with a cloth and a towel was tied around her
mouth.

14. • On April 4, 2010, the probe was transferred to the Kalyan Police Crime
Branch and on the next day, Gaware’s alleged boyfriend was arrested. He was
granted bail later. John said the alleged boyfriend had earlier given his
consent for a Narco test but withdrew it after he was arrested.
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• A year after his arrest, the crime branch filed an application in the Kalyan
court to release the man, claiming that there was no evidence against him.
The court told the police to investigate the case further. “Whenever the
parents or the boyfriend are called to the crime branch, they turn up and
cooperate with the cops,” John said. He added that no finger prints were
found in snehal s room.

15. • During investigation, a general psychological test, polygraph and brain
analysis tests were conducted on Gaware’s mother, father and her alleged
boyfriend.
• Rathod was detained twice in the past and was given a narco analysis test as
well.
• Police now claim that they have fresh evidence to prove his involvement.
• Inspector NS Ghughe of Ram Nagar Police Station said that snehal
cellphone that was traced a day after her murder..

16. • It was found that Snehal’s cell phone was missing since the murder. The
residents who lived in the same building as Snehal reported that no suspicious
person was seen anywhere near her place.
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• The police tracked the cell phone to a mobile dealer who told them he had
bought it from a young man, though he was not able to describe him.
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• In 2010 the police arrested Snehal ‘s boyfriend Hiten Rathod on strong
suspicion that he was the one who killed her, stole the phone and destroyed the
SIM card but they later had to let him go as there was no evidence against him.
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• To date there has been no clue as to who murdered Snehal. One of the
unsolved, crazy murder cases.

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