Historical Profile of Finger Print Bureau, Phillaur, India

• World’s 2nd oldest Finger Print Bureau, Phillaur was established in the year 1899 at Police Training School Phillaur.

• Since its inception, this Bureau has been catering to needs of investigating Machinery of Northern India.

• This Bureau stated with the 8 thousands finger prints record slips and today we have 5 lacks of active criminals. In modernization we step up from Manual to Forty digit than FACTS and now to AFIS.

Fundamental Principles of Fingerprints

1. No Two Individual will have identical fingerprints.

2. Fingerprints stay the same throughout our lives. Attempts at destroying pattern has failed.

3. Limited variety in patterns allows systematic classification of an individuals fingerprints

Important Old Cases solved with the help of Finger Print

1. S. Partap Singh Kairon former Chief Minister of Punjab murder case.

2. Mukerian Police Station robbery case in which SHO was killed by culprits.

3. AnantNag Jammu & Kashmir bank robbery case.

4. DIG Kadan Murder case.

5. Chopra’s kidnapping case of Delhi.

Finger Print Expert’s Professional Contribution

1. Preparation of digit fingerprint slips / palm / foot print slips.

2. Preparation of fingerprint slips phalanges / unidentified dead bodies.

3. Comparison of questioned / admitted fingerprints on documents with specimen/admitted fingerprints.

4. Visiting scenes of crime for the detection / development of chance prints.

5. Development of chances prints on crime articles (exhibits) received in the bureau/others.

6. Comparison of chance prints developed from scene of crime / crime article with specimen / admitted fingerprints.

7. Preparation of report / expert opinion.

8. Marking of matching points on photographic enlargements in identical prints along with preparation of their detailed descriptions.

9. Expert evidence in courts.

10. Imparting training to fingerprint professionals, police officers, judicial officers, administrators and others.

Fingerprint Analysis and Criminal Tracing System (FACTS)

1. 2,20,000/- finger prints record slips of active criminals have been loaded on FACTS.

2. This FACTS machine is being used in this Bureau since 2003.

3. 60,000/- search slips of arrested persons have been conducted with 80% accurate results and I/O’s speedily feedback for enhance punishment.

4. Single digit search are also being conducted in this data.

5. It helps in providing the criminal attribute data base in edition to finger print matched.

Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)

1. AFIS is being installed in this state bureau.

2. Finger Print Experts at districts level are working for this purpose.

3. Connectivity from all District to State Bureau is being setup.

4. Data of FACTS will be linked with AFIS.

5. Data will be share from State to District level with AFIS.