2.6 Chain of Custody

The LAW5510-U2.3's discipline applied to the mortuary: the body's custody (the police's-to-the- mortuary's transmission); the samples' custody (the collection's witnessed taking; the sealing's- and-labelling; the lab's transmission; the court's production); the report's authentication (the examiner's identity); the break's consequences (the challenge's ground — the evidence's weight). The prescribed cases (cited verbatim; honest notes): Ram Bahadur Basnet v. Government of Nepal (NKP 2065 B.S., Issue 7, D.No. 7985, decision 2065/06/09 B.S., p. 804); Buddha Ahir et al. v. Jung Bahadur Ahir (Civil Appeal No. 8668 of 2060 B.S., decision 2066/08/02 B.S.); Binay Manandhar v. Government of Nepal (NKP 2067 B.S., D.No. 8311, decision 2066/04/15 B.S.); and Government of Nepal v. Man Kumari Nepali et al. (NKP 2068 B.S., Issue 12, D.No. 8726, decision 2068/09/05 B.S.) — the last also prescribed in Forensic Science (LAW5510 U11.4) for the expert-evidence weighing — read each report for the precise facts-and-holdings.