Aside from the primary objective of finding potential digital evidence, preserving the integrity of the evidence and maintaining proper chain of custody are also equal priorities for an investigator to ensure admissibility of evidence in the court of law. Advanced mobile forensic techniques pose a serious challenge in achieving the latter due to the complexity of the process and possibility of alteration in the state of the device during data acquisition. Hence efforts are made to understand the critical issues faced by the investigators while employing advanced mobile forensic techniques, which may be invasive or destructive. A standardised investigative process is presented in this paper which may act as a guide to investigators, prosecutors and judicial officers dealing with digital evidence in India.

除了寻找潜在数字证据的主要目标之外，保持证据的完整性和维持适当的监管链也是调查人员确保证据在法庭上的可采性的同等优先事项。由于过程的复杂性和数据采集期间设备状态改变的可能性，先进的移动取证技术对实现后者提出了严峻的挑战。因此，努力了解调查人员在采用先进的移动取证技术时面临的关键问题，这些技术可能是侵入性的或破坏性的。本文介绍了一个标准化的调查过程，可作为调查人员、检察官和司法官员在印度处理数字证据的指南。