Storage of physical evidence in a criminal case: issues of theory and practice

The article deals with the issue of the peculiarities of civil liability in case of damage, loss or shortage of physical evidence in a criminal case. The authors concluded that if the storage of material evidence is carried out by a legal entity or an individual entrepreneur on the basis of a storage agreement, and the responsibility for improper storage of material evidence lies with the custodian in the absence of guilt on the part of the body that carried out the seizure of property as material evidence.