Few grams of the silica gel G powder was taken on the clean and dry glass plate and then the powder layer was flattened using the glass rod. The latent fingerprint was developed by slightly pressing the latent fingerprint bearing surface on the silica gel G powder layer. It is a physical method of enhancement of latent prints and works on the mechanical adherence of the fingerprint powder particles to the oily components of the skin ridge deposits. Application of powder to the print by brushing is a simple and an easy technique but it also has disadvantages that the brush on coming in contact with the surface having the print destroys the print and hence the ridge characteristics get destroyed. The excess of powder was removed by gently tap-ping the surface. The conventional powders available in finger-print kit such as white powder, lightning Grey powder and black powder were used for comparative study.