To ensure speedy justice in rape cases, the Prime Minister has asked the forensic experts to adopt modern technologies like DNA profiling. The DNA technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 has been accepted by the Central Government which aims at expanding the application of DNA-based forensic technologies to support and strengthen the justice delivery system of the country.

Narendra Modi, while addressing the 4th convocation ceremony of Gujrat Forensic Sciences University, called upon the forensic experts to assist the judicial bodies with the use of DNA profiling in order to punish the culprits of heinous rape cases immediately and provide speedy justice to the victims. Referring to the Mandsaur rape case where the two accused have been awarded death penalty in less than two months, the Prime Minister has said that technology should be used to the maximum extent if the usage of the same can bring the speedy delivery of justice. Further, new techniques are needed to ensure that the culprits aren’t spared.

Modi has also stated that the police, the judiciary and forensic science are the three main pillars for ensuring the citizens feel safe and the crime is kept under. He quoted an example of ‘Pagi’ community who live at the border of Gujrat and Rajasthan and have been trained since childhood on how to trace whether the camel was laden with goods or a human was riding it, by looking at their footprints in the sand.