Careful examination of foot impressions can provide important evidences and 
clues in a crime scene investigation. The present study is conducted on a 
cross-sectional sample of 1040 adult male Gujjars inhabiting the sub-Himalayan 
region of North India. The study describes the utility of individualizing 
characteristics of footprints in forensic examinations. Various features of the 
toes, humps in the toe line, phalange marks, flatfoot condition, pits, cracks, 
corns, etc., were studied. Frequency of some of these characters has also been 
recorded. The frequency of the tibialis-type foot is the highest, followed by 
fibularis-type, then intermediate-type and midularis-type is found to be least 
frequent among the sample. Three humps have been found most often in footprints, 
followed by two humps, four humps, and then five humps and one hump are found to 
be least frequent. Flatfoot condition is found to be present in 1.54% of the 
sample population and the trait also shows bilateral variation. Phalange marks, 
crease marks, pits, deformity, etc., are also demonstrated with suitable 
examples in the present population. These characteristic features can provide 
useful clues to establish personal identity whenever complete or partial 
footprints are recovered at the crime scene and can help in including or 
excluding the possible presence of individual at the scene of crime.