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Headquarters of Himachal Pradesh Forensic Services and State FSL are located at Junga. Junga remained capital of erstwhile princely state Keonthal ruled by Chandrabansi dynasty. HH Hitender Sen, 77th Raja, was the last ruler of Keonthal state. Junga is strategically located at the centre of the triangle formed by Shimla, Chail and Kufri, famous tourist destinations, at an elevation of 5350ft. State FSL is located at a distance of 25 km from the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, where the second oldest forensic institution in the world ‘GEQD Shimla’ was established in 1904. The weather at Junga remains pleasant through out the year.
 
The State FSL complex comprises of an administrative block, laboratory blocks and residential blocks. The covered floor area of administrative & laboratories blocks is about 33000 square feet. The State FSL received cases for examination from the districts of southern range viz. Shimla, Kinnaur, Solan and Sirmour. For DNA analysis and NDPS cases, the State FSL caters to the needs of all districts of Himachal Pradesh. Analysis of crime exhibits and research problems require consultation of literature. Accordingly a library with books and journals is available. To keep pace with international scenario, the institution subscribes to journals and is on the mailing list of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Gazette (RCMP, Canada) and FBI bulletin (U.S.A) since 2013.
 
 
This is Silver Jubilee Year of State FSL. The Government has approved number of events during silver th jubilee celebration year. And to mark the celebration of State FSL entering into 25 year of its Raising Day on 13.12.2012, an exhibition with the theme Forensics in Action was organized at State FSL headquarters from 13-17.12.2012, for the public and school students. A ‘National Workshop on DNA Typing’ and an ‘Orientation to Forensic Science’ course for the prosecutors were organized on 14-15.12.2012 and 17-22.12.2012 respectively as part of silver jubilee year celebrations at Junga.