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Forensic News Journal
1st International Forensic Science E-Conference
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Arvind T
Research Intern, State Forensic

Science Laboratory, Telangana.

Photo Courtesy of Avind T
DETECTION OF IN- The main aim of this case ery, disputed document,

DENTED FORGERY: A study is to detect the in- guidelines, video spectral
CASE STUDY dented traced guidelines comparator (VSC)

and to identify the charac-
V. Muralidhar*- Assistant teristics of indented forg- Introduction

Director, Documents ery using sophisticated
Division, TSFSL, instruments. In this paper, Handwriting is one of the
Hyderabad a case has been taken in most advanced achieve-

which four (4) disputed ments of the human hand.
Abstract signatures were exam- The human hand

ined for giving probable is a complex and delicate
Indented forgery is one conclusions. The disputed mechanism, which con-
of the skillful forgeries, signatures were visualized tains 27 bones and con-

where the forger places under various light trolled by more than
the disputed document sources of different wave- 40 muscles (Roy A. Hu-

beneath the original docu- lengths using VSC. The ber, 1999). When a person
ment and traces genuine indented traced signs his/her name, he/she
signature using a pointed guidelines were observed is carrying out

object with pressure, later and the disputed signa- one of the most common
the ink is filled where the tures exactly superim- writing acts. With time

indentations are created posed on one another. and usage, a signature can
on the disputed document. Keywords: Indented forg- become highly

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