Citation

Waghmare NP, Suresh R, Puri P, Varshney KC, Anand V, Lal K, Lal A. J. Forensic Res. 2012; 4(Spec. Iss.): S1:003.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, The author(s), Publisher OMICS Publishing Group)

DOI

10.4172/2157-7145.S1-003

PMID

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Abstract

Now-a-days crimes relating to firearms and ammunition have dramatically increased in northern part of India. It has been observed that Country made pistols of 8mm/.315" bore; Improvised pistols of 7.65mm/9mm calibre, .32"/.38" calibre are randomly used by criminals in Delhi and NCR regions. On the basis of crime cases received in the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination, the smooth bore illegal country made firearms chambered for pistol, revolver and rifle cartridges are very often encountered in criminal cases all over India and other developing countries. The possibility of identifying types of smooth bore firearms of country made and improvised pistols has been studied.