Abstract:
Identification is a vital of crime investigation and practice of forensic medicine. Many characters
are used for identification. To establish the absolute identity among the many characters finger print is
one of the most important tool easily available. It is one of the oldest and reliable methods of
identification. Many studies conducted worldwide have proved the correlation between fingerprints and
different ABO blood groups along with certain diseases. The present study was conducted on 400 Indian
medical students having different ABO blood groups. Their fingerprinting and blood grouping was done,
tabulated and analyzed. The study revealed that there is an association between distribution of fingerprint
patterns, blood group and gender. Loop was most frequently seen fingerprint followed by whorl and arch.
O positive is most common blood group and AB negative is rarest. Loops are predominant in blood group
O followed by B and AB in both Rh positive and Rh negative.
