A ‘questioned’ document is any signature, mark or handwritten, typewritten document whose source or authenticity is in dispute or is doubtful.
The easy availability and interface of powerful editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat and others, has made the task of creation and manipulation of fraudulent documents an effortless process for perpetrators.
We have forensic experts who can examine and verify all types of handwriting, signatures, and all printed/typed matter involving counterfeiting, obliterations, erasures etc. through careful visual examination and/or advanced chemical analysis of inks and paper in our state-of-the-art forensic laboratory. We then furnish a comprehensive report which contains a detailed description of the evidence submitted for analysis, inspections that the evidence is subjected to, and the results of the examination.
IFF Lab is adept at examining a wide array of forged documents and tampered devices
- Wills
- Bank drafts and cheques
- Agreement
- Rubber stamp
- Price markers
- Label makers
- Printing processes
- Typewriters
- Photocopiers
- Fax machines
- Laser printers
- Ink, pencil, paper
- Laminated documents
- Photocopies
- Passports
- Stamp papers
Types Of Forgery That We Can Analyze
We have on board qualified forensic experts of questioned documents, who can analyze various forms of forged documents which could be hand written, traced, digital, typewritten or simulated. We are adept at identifying alterations, additions, obliterations and even disguised or distorted handwriting.
Types Of Forgery That We Can Analyze
We have on board qualified forensic experts of questioned documents, who can analyze various forms of forged documents which could be hand written, traced, digital, typewritten or simulated. We are adept at identifying alterations, additions, obliterations and even disguised or distorted handwriting.
What enables IFF Lab to be best at it?
- Use of highly efficient and technologically advanced methods to analyze documents while also making sure that they are not damaged during the process.
- Computer-based techniques for verification of signatures and examination of handwriting.
- Proficiency of revealing text from indented impressions, and detecting alterations, obliterations, erasures and page substitutions.
Laws Pertaining To Questioned Documents In The Indian Penal Code (IPC)
- Section 466 of IPC: Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant.
- Section 471 of IPC: Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.
- Section 472 of IPC: Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, plate, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.
- Section 489 A of IPC: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.
Laws Pertaining To Questioned Documents In The Indian Penal Code (IPC)
- Section 466 of IPC: Forgery of a record of a Court of Justice or of a Registrar of Births, etc., kept by a public servant.
- Section 471 of IPC: Using as genuine a forged document which is known to be forged.
- Section 472 of IPC: Making or counterfeiting a seal, plate, etc., with intent to commit a forgery punishable under section 467 of the Indian Penal Code, or possessing with like intent any such seal, plate, etc., knowing the same to be counterfeit.
- Section 489 A of IPC: Counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes.