CCTV Circular 03.07.2020

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GOVERNMEI{-T OF l(ARNATAXA
POLICE OEPARTMENT
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Dnector G€neral & lnspector
6eneraloiPoli.e
(arnataka State, Ban3alore
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9ub: Pro.edure for gather ng evidenLe lroilr ccIv.
Closed Cncuit Television suryeillance system play a ve.y crucial roe i. law
enforcemenl funclions especially in maintanina Law & order and crloe invesliSatio. The
evdence present ln the CCrv may be very crucial ii answering th€ questions like "wh.r
happened" and "Who w* involved", An e&mination oI CCTV iootages would provide the
rO wth nformauon about the s€!uence of evenls, the enry & erlt points of the accused
pe6ons. Ln order to use ccTV as evidence ii the .ouri of law, it has to be secured in a
manneriakingalliecessarypreca!tionstoensureitsadmissibilty.
A so, !i k obseryed that the police of'ficere are sendlnsthe seized CC'IV/DVR tystems
to FSL Bensaluru for torensic copt though not r€quired. F aengaluru 15 olso dpptfu.hed
hy the tos to prcelde entieot und.t te.tion 55a ol lndton Evidenee Ad, $r2 which le
NoT t.ouh.d.Il\e setvices ol FsL Bengaluru should be utlhed on y when there h any
requnement olrerr eval or exadination.
The unit heads are erpected to direct their oilice6 to follow the gEST practi.es in
the document for effective lnvestisat on and prosecution ot criminal cases.
Proceduresto be tollowed while hahdllnE ccrv/ovR surv€illance sysrem5:
rhe nvestisatns oflcer should do a slrvey of the sre where the subject CCrV
rystem isinstaled and document thelollowinS:
. Photosraph/sketch ofthe locauon
. checkifthesynem isa sland-alone/Pc based or nelworked

o Howmanycame.asa.econnectedtotheDVRsystem
o Determine which .ame.a views are essential ior invest Sation
o oecide the best melhod otseizu.e based on the requirement and slluation at
The lret pioriy ofthe lnvesliEatins oficer would be to sete the ori8inalhard disk
alonB with the DVR system,llthe 5eizur€ oloriginalk not requned or not fe:sibe
(e.s. pubic places like railway stations, traffic polce camera, individuals seiup
oeuonalhomecameGsetc.,),thenthe o can 8et the copv oithe re evant video.

rf the entire DvR system has to b€ seized, please e.sure to check if any
Pa$word/PrN keiabled lnthesystem befo.e it sshutdown,
hteto ew the user/owner rega.dingthe setup olth€ syslem for

o How the svstem is conlsured to record
. what policy k adopted foroverwrit ngthe hard diskspace

o ls there any molion sensortechnoloBY adopted?
o Whetherthe synemis protected wnh apassword/PlN
rhe rO shoud condud seizure oroceedings n the p.esence oI Panch wltne$es
during ihe process ol ertracting the relevant footaSes or teizing the entire DVR
svsten. The lO should ensure rhat the wltness summoned should have some basic
The lo should docum€nt th€ complete seluure process throush

videography/Photosraphy & Notes as BEST practices. The support staff should
ensure to make deta led notes regardin8the proce$ and methods adopted.
Cerrificate under secnon 658 ot lndian Evidence Act, 1372 should be obtained from
the peroon who owns orin-charge otthe sYstem.
t is advisable to suomon or take assisrance oithe rechnicalpereon who installed

the DVR synemiffeatlble. Thh would help the r0 to handle the evidence properly.
The video playback sofiware requlred to view the vid€o shou d ako be taken hto
! while iakinc the copy of the relevant lootage, please ensure that there is no
m smatch ii therramerate olreco.ded and ret.eved copy.
. create atleast 3copi.s of lhe clppi^g ihat is relevant to the.ase on a DVD or usa
. The l0 must ensure to ahe properly all the device accesories civinc reference to
the .ase investigated
. DVR srores nlormation in proprlelary to.mal,lt s advisable to.reate a copy olthe
orislnal proprietarV format as well as the converted rormal (e 3 MP4).
. It the DVR svstem s not seked, the lo shouLd issue a preservauon notlce to the
owner/incha.gero not make any.hanEes in rhP {ystem.
. Afterthe compelion ofrekievaloi required video foolaBes, th€ lo maytestonce ii
the svster 6frnd'oniB fne ds L wai befo'e rh...trur" proce.\
. collect the ceruncate undersection 658oflndi6n Eviden.e A.t 1872 mentioninsthe
f ollowinS technlcal deta k

o Manuladurer ofthe OVR system
. Hard disk used nthe DVR svstem
. Serialnumber/product numberol DVR and hard disk
o oate&umeshown inihe ovRsystemlo re.ord the clock inaccuracy

o Th€ DVR system wasluncuoninB properly atthe iime of incldent
. Video surveillance as a Service: The camera inrtaled at lhe user pr€mhes captures
thefootages and transmits overthe lnternet conne.ted to ihe camera Thevideo(

ln some cases audio aso)will be rande ed and saved n the company's se.ver
located outsidethe user premises.
. There a.e some stuations where the DVR system is cloud based. The comp:nies
offering such solutio.s maintain the vdeo recording in their se erswhlch mayor
m3y not be located n rndla.
. LeBal procets need io be followed to reqlett for cloud based video foto servrce
The rO need to ensure thal all technlcal spe.ifications re8arding the qualitv of
record ng, it! 5tora3€ etc,arelo beobtain€d
Admlitibilitv ol CCTV as Evldencel
Forthe purpose oladmissibiity ofevidence, a.errificauon shal have thelollow ng matteG
ldeilifylngthe r€levant electron c records (clipplns)relat ne to the cert iicate
and descrlbinBlhe manner in wh.h it was produced,

D€tailsofthe devrce produc ns it
satislyin8 the condirions of 658(2)i.e the computerfrom which lhe output
was produced was used reeularly to slore o. process informaton during ts

resular cou6e ol activites and throuShout the mate al pan ol the said
period, the.omputer was operatina properly.
certifcatioi of matt€ts are to be nated to the best oi the knowledge and

belier ol the pe60n sEning the ceriifi.ate i.e. the pe6on in_char8e of the
op€ratonormaiagementoftherelaledadlvities.
The ccTV cllppinss obtained durln8 the lnvestiaation can be directv
submitted beforethe coun alonBwilh a certinc.re provided bythe owner/in
charge ofthe ccTV system and ft do4n,l requlre addltlonal 658 .erllllote
lron the FsLBenSaluru.
The DVR or CCTV syst€m may be sent to FSL, Bengaluru in below mentioned
! cases where the recovery olthe deleted footaSes are required

! .onpdrnon ot photograpF. /'ootrB$ aree$earaL
. Enhancement ofthe lmace to identilv a per$n orvehicle number.
. To check if there k anv video frane dGturbance to rule out
The above procedur€s shall be st.i6ly adhered to by all the
Oliice6. lhe superykory ofiice6 have to ensu.e that the l.O folows
procedure while investiSating cases includinC Satherlng evidence from
Genera ofPolice,
Karnataka, Ben8auru.
The Dire.torGenera oiPolice, ClD, Economic offences & SpecialUnits,
2. The Add.onedor General ol Police, lnterna
3 AIL Commissioners ot Police

4, allRanBe lnspecloB General of police
5. The Dnector, FSI- Bengaluru
6. All Superntendents ol Poli.e, ncharge ol ostrlcls

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the document for effective lnvestisat on and prosecution ot criminal cases.

Proceduresto be tollowed while hahdllnE ccrv/ovR surv€illance sysrem5:

. checkifthesynem isa sland-alone/Pc based or nelworked

oeuonalhomecameGsetc.,),thenthe o can 8et the copv oithe re evant video.

Pa$word/PrN keiabled lnthesystem befo.e it sshutdown,

hteto ew the user/owner rega.dingthe setup olth€ syslem for

. what policy k adopted foroverwrit ngthe hard diskspace

The lo should docum€nt th€ complete seluure process throush

the peroon who owns orin-charge otthe sYstem.

t is advisable to suomon or take assisrance oithe rechnicalpereon who installed

f ollowinS technlcal deta k

. Hard disk used nthe DVR svstem

. Serialnumber/product numberol DVR and hard disk

o oate&umeshown inihe ovRsystemlo re.ord the clock inaccuracy

thefootages and transmits overthe lnternet conne.ted to ihe camera Thevideo(

Admlitibilitv ol CCTV as Evldencel

Forthe purpose oladmissibiity ofevidence, a.errificauon shal have thelollow ng matteG

ldeilifylngthe r€levant electron c records (clipplns)relat ne to the cert iicate

and descrlbinBlhe manner in wh.h it was produced,

was produced was used reeularly to slore o. process informaton during ts

period, the.omputer was operatina properly.

certifcatioi of matt€ts are to be nated to the best oi the knowledge and

! cases where the recovery olthe deleted footaSes are required

The Dire.torGenera oiPolice, ClD, Economic offences & SpecialUnits,

2. The Add.onedor General ol Police, lnterna

3 AIL Commissioners ot Police

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