During the year 1915 the footprint section established under the CID West Bengal which help the police authority to identify the Criminal through examination of Footprint collected from scene of crime.

In the year 1936 a Scientific Section was setup under CID West Bengal for examination of impression evidence i.e Footprint, Fingerprint.

Later first Forensic Science Laboratory in India was established in the year 1952 at Calcutta. This Laboratory becomes fully operation in the year 1953. In the year 1957 the Footprint Section transfers to this laboratory from CID West Bengal.

Foot-prints are very important crime work. Footprints like other parts of the body, such as finger print, face, have their own characteristics which help to identify individuals. The footprint science is based on the principle that ‘no two persons will have similar footprint’ or ‘footprints of two persons are not alike’. In other words, footprints are unique to individuals like finger prints.

The work of Footprint section involves the Examination, Analysis and Comparison of Physical evidence basically impression evidence, which include:

1. Footprint and foot impression.
2. Footwear, footwear print and impression.
3. Tire, Tire print and Impression etc.