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    GOVERNMEI{-T OF l(ARNATAXA
    POLICE OEPARTMENT
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    Dnector G€neral & lnspector
    6eneraloiPoli.e
    (arnataka State, Ban3alore

    !18!!UE
    9ub: Pro.edure for gather ng evidenLe lroilr ccIv.

    Closed Cncuit Television suryeillance system play a ve.y crucial roe i. law

    enforcemenl funclions especially in maintanina Law & order and crloe invesliSatio. The
    evdence present ln the CCrv may be very crucial ii answering th€ questions like "wh.r
    happened" and "Who w* involved", An e&mination oI CCTV iootages would provide the

    rO wth nformauon about the s€!uence of evenls, the enry & erlt points of the accused
    pe6ons. Ln order to use ccTV as evidence ii the .ouri of law, it has to be secured in a

    manneriakingalliecessarypreca!tionstoensureitsadmissibilty.

    A so, !i k obseryed that the police of'ficere are sendlnsthe seized CC'IV/DVR tystems
    to FSL Bensaluru for torensic copt though not r€quired. F aengaluru 15 olso dpptfu.hed

    hy the tos to prcelde entieot und.t te.tion 55a ol lndton Evidenee Ad, $r2 which le

    NoT t.ouh.d.Il\e setvices ol FsL Bengaluru should be utlhed on y when there h any
    requnement olrerr eval or exadination.

    The unit heads are erpected to direct their oilice6 to follow the gEST practi.es in

    the document for effective lnvestisat on and prosecution ot criminal cases.

    Proceduresto be tollowed while hahdllnE ccrv/ovR surv€illance sysrem5:

    rhe nvestisatns oflcer should do a slrvey of the sre where the subject CCrV
    rystem isinstaled and document thelollowinS:
    . Photosraph/sketch ofthe locauon

    . checkifthesynem isa sland-alone/Pc based or nelworked


    o Howmanycame.asa.econnectedtotheDVRsystem
    o Determine which .ame.a views are essential ior invest Sation

    o oecide the best melhod otseizu.e based on the requirement and slluation at

    The lret pioriy ofthe lnvesliEatins oficer would be to sete the ori8inalhard disk
    alonB with the DVR system,llthe 5eizur€ oloriginalk not requned or not fe:sibe
    (e.s. pubic places like railway stations, traffic polce camera, individuals seiup

    oeuonalhomecameGsetc.,),thenthe o can 8et the copv oithe re evant video.


    rf the entire DvR system has to b€ seized, please e.sure to check if any

    Pa$word/PrN keiabled lnthesystem befo.e it sshutdown,

    hteto ew the user/owner rega.dingthe setup olth€ syslem for


    o How the svstem is conlsured to record

    . what policy k adopted foroverwrit ngthe hard diskspace


    o ls there any molion sensortechnoloBY adopted?
    o Whetherthe synemis protected wnh apassword/PlN
    rhe rO shoud condud seizure oroceedings n the p.esence oI Panch wltne$es

    during ihe process ol ertracting the relevant footaSes or teizing the entire DVR
    svsten. The lO should ensure rhat the wltness summoned should have some basic

    The lo should docum€nt th€ complete seluure process throush


    videography/Photosraphy & Notes as BEST practices. The support staff should
    ensure to make deta led notes regardin8the proce$ and methods adopted.

    Cerrificate under secnon 658 ot lndian Evidence Act, 1372 should be obtained from

    the peroon who owns orin-charge otthe sYstem.

    t is advisable to suomon or take assisrance oithe rechnicalpereon who installed


    the DVR synemiffeatlble. Thh would help the r0 to handle the evidence properly.

    The video playback sofiware requlred to view the vid€o shou d ako be taken hto
    ! while iakinc the copy of the relevant lootage, please ensure that there is no
    m smatch ii therramerate olreco.ded and ret.eved copy.
    . create atleast 3copi.s of lhe clppi^g ihat is relevant to the.ase on a DVD or usa

    . The l0 must ensure to ahe properly all the device accesories civinc reference to
    the .ase investigated
    . DVR srores nlormation in proprlelary to.mal,lt s advisable to.reate a copy olthe
    orislnal proprietarV format as well as the converted rormal (e 3 MP4).

    . It the DVR svstem s not seked, the lo shouLd issue a preservauon notlce to the
    owner/incha.gero not make any.hanEes in rhP {ystem.
    . Afterthe compelion ofrekievaloi required video foolaBes, th€ lo maytestonce ii
    the svster 6frnd'oniB fne ds L wai befo'e rh...trur" proce.\
    . collect the ceruncate undersection 658oflndi6n Eviden.e A.t 1872 mentioninsthe

    f ollowinS technlcal deta k


    o Manuladurer ofthe OVR system

    . Hard disk used nthe DVR svstem

    . Serialnumber/product numberol DVR and hard disk

    o oate&umeshown inihe ovRsystemlo re.ord the clock inaccuracy


    o Th€ DVR system wasluncuoninB properly atthe iime of incldent

    . Video surveillance as a Service: The camera inrtaled at lhe user pr€mhes captures

    thefootages and transmits overthe lnternet conne.ted to ihe camera Thevideo(


    ln some cases audio aso)will be rande ed and saved n the company's se.ver
    located outsidethe user premises.

    . There a.e some stuations where the DVR system is cloud based. The comp:nies

    offering such solutio.s maintain the vdeo recording in their se erswhlch mayor
    m3y not be located n rndla.

    . LeBal procets need io be followed to reqlett for cloud based video foto servrce
    The rO need to ensure thal all technlcal spe.ifications re8arding the qualitv of
    record ng, it! 5tora3€ etc,arelo beobtain€d

    Admlitibilitv ol CCTV as Evldencel

    Forthe purpose oladmissibiity ofevidence, a.errificauon shal have thelollow ng matteG

    ldeilifylngthe r€levant electron c records (clipplns)relat ne to the cert iicate

    and descrlbinBlhe manner in wh.h it was produced,


    D€tailsofthe devrce produc ns it
    satislyin8 the condirions of 658(2)i.e the computerfrom which lhe output

    was produced was used reeularly to slore o. process informaton during ts


    resular cou6e ol activites and throuShout the mate al pan ol the said

    period, the.omputer was operatina properly.

    certifcatioi of matt€ts are to be nated to the best oi the knowledge and


    belier ol the pe60n sEning the ceriifi.ate i.e. the pe6on in_char8e of the

    op€ratonormaiagementoftherelaledadlvities.
    The ccTV cllppinss obtained durln8 the lnvestiaation can be directv
    submitted beforethe coun alonBwilh a certinc.re provided bythe owner/in

    charge ofthe ccTV system and ft do4n,l requlre addltlonal 658 .erllllote
    lron the FsLBenSaluru.

    The DVR or CCTV syst€m may be sent to FSL, Bengaluru in below mentioned

    ! cases where the recovery olthe deleted footaSes are required


    ! .onpdrnon ot photograpF. /'ootrB$ aree$earaL
    . Enhancement ofthe lmace to identilv a per$n orvehicle number.
    . To check if there k anv video frane dGturbance to rule out
    The above procedur€s shall be st.i6ly adhered to by all the
    Oliice6. lhe superykory ofiice6 have to ensu.e that the l.O folows
    procedure while investiSating cases includinC Satherlng evidence from

    Genera ofPolice,
    Karnataka, Ben8auru.

    The Dire.torGenera oiPolice, ClD, Economic offences & SpecialUnits,

    2. The Add.onedor General ol Police, lnterna

    3 AIL Commissioners ot Police


    4, allRanBe lnspecloB General of police
    5. The Dnector, FSI- Bengaluru
    6. All Superntendents ol Poli.e, ncharge ol ostrlcls

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