ABSTRACT
The present investigation is centered on drug pancuronium bromide, which is a muscle relaxant basically used in clinical practice for an aesthetic purposes. Few rape cases have been reported where in this drug was used to incapacitate the rape victim. All this highlights the abuse potential of Pancuronium bromide in crime related to rape. Testing/analyzing Pancuronium bromide by making use of body material and other traces present in the surrounding of victim/crime scene will be of great importance for medico legal purpose and forensic view point. In the present study an attempt has been made to analysis Pancuronium bromide by chromatographic (TLC and HPLC) and UV-SPECTROPHOTOMETRY. In spite of the limitation the conclusions reached in the present study are of considerable forensic significance.
ABSTRACT
The “Medico-legal study of suicidal death” was undertaken in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad for a period of 6 months. Two hundred cases are included. These cases were studied and analyzed on the basis of age, sex, marital status, methods and cause of suicide. Male outnumbered the female with majority in age group of 19-32 years, married and commonest cause was insanity in males and dowry in females.