A Study of Impediments to Criminal Investigation and Difficulties

In Collection of Evidence In Pakistan

Abstract

Investigation and evidence collection is the primary function of the police to maintain law and order in any society. The study aims to identify and to make aware people about the impediments and problems which police officials are facing in collection of evidence in criminal cases in Pakistan. So it is worthy to mention that there are many obstacles as loss of evidence, record tempering by criminals, lack of knowledge about the technicalities of law, pressure over upper level of hierarchy in police department. Sometimes our police personnel may have the shortage of equipments while collecting evidence from the crime scene in a criminal offence. It is also notable that in our society there is no protection and encouragement for witnesses to make contact with police investigators for sharing information about the criminal offence. For conducting the study researchers have selected whole of the country as the universe of the study. Then purposive and snow ball sampling has been used for selecting respondents for the study. Afterwards statistical package for social sciences(SPSS) has been used for analyzing data. It has been found after analyzing data that difficulties in collection of evidence and impediments to criminal investigation can be overcome to address all issies offically by planning and strategizing. 

Keywords: Police, Impediments,Criminal offence, Evidence, Procedure