Aspects of criminal investigation proceedings

Introduction-

Criminal investigation proceeding is one the essential part of the criminal justice system and as we know that Australia is a federal parliamentary system, every state within Australia have its legislature and they have powers to frame their laws thus in Australia the criminal laws as well as criminal investigation proceedings of one state defer from another state, but we can distinguish the criminal laws of Australia in two broad categories first is of those state which follows the common law system which is based on the British legal system and judicial precedents and second have codified laws which were framed by the legislature of the state and the criminal investigation of these states goes as per the provisions of the codified law of the state.

The criminal investigation proceeding is the process of finding details of the case and students often take criminallaw assignment help to understand this subject, well, by investigation proceedings the policing agencies try to find out the evidence regarding the crime so that justice could be provided to the parties of the case

Aspect-

There are many advantages of criminal investigation in criminal cases,and the advantages of criminal investigation could only be achieved by the proper procedures of the investigation which consist of various aspects that’s why we need to know about the aspects of the criminal investigation proceedings, following are few aspects of the criminal investigation proceedings

1.      Investigation of the spot of crime- First step of every criminal investigation is to secure and investigate the spot of crime and it is done to find the essential clues related to the case, and while investigating the spot of crime the forensic team plays a great role which is also part of a criminal investigation.

2.      Collection of evidence- By law assignment help student could get to know that after securing the crime spot the second important thing is to collect all the evidence available at the crime spot, well the collection of the evidence is done with all precautions so that the harm to the evidence could be minimized.

3.      Investigation of collected evidence- The investigation of the collected evidence is one of the crucial parts of the criminal investigation proceedings as the collected evidenceis the clues for the further understanding of the case and to finding the real circumstances and story of the case.

4.      Ascertaining of facts and circumstances- Based on the available evidence and witness the investigating agencies try to ascertain the real fact and circumstances of the case.

5.      The arrest of the possible suspect- On the bases of the available evidence or statements of the witness or victim, police try to ascertain the possible suspect and thus arrest him for further investigation of the crime

Framing of charges based on opinion after investigation- If after investigation police found out that the accused has most probably committed the crime then in such case police after its investigation frames the charges against the accused and submit the documents before the magistrate for further judicial proceedings of the case