Abstract

“Evidence forms the building blocks of the investigative process and for the final product to be built properly, evidence must be recognized, collected, documented, protected, validated, analysed, disclosed, and presented in a manner which is acceptable to the court.” Generally, the purpose of the express rule is to assist the court in establishing the truth between the parties' conflicting versions of the case. However, the law of evidence in criminal cases has a more important purpose, namely, the protection afforded to the accused concerning his right to a fair trial. The defence of the accused against the case, impartial to his right to a distant trade, is one of the main reasons why the Law of Criminal Evidence contains many provisions, excluding the relevant evidence to be presented before the court. In the pursuit of a criminal case, evidence is the foundation upon which both sides build their respective arguments. During the investigation into a crime, great care must be taken to collect, preserve, and record evidence that could be critical in establishing the facts surrounding a criminal case. In the pursuit of a criminal case, evidence is the foundation upon which both sides build their respective arguments. This paper focuses on the importance of the evidence collected and scrutinized in the investigation process that undoubtedly proved the guilt of the accused in the well-known case of Uthra murder (Sooraj S. Kumar v. State of Kerala).

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