RESUMO
A retrospective study of homicidal fatal firearm injury cases brought for autopsy in the department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal from Imphal East and Imphal West districts during 1986 to 2003 was carried out. The findings are presented in this paper. 31.62% of the total numbers of the medico-legal autopsies were of homicidal fatal firearm injury. The male victims predominate the female victims i.e. 98% were male. 53.77% of the victims were civilians (28.29% were killed by unknowns, 21.23% by militant & 4.25 by securities). 50.56% were of the age group of 21 to 30 years, followed by the age group of 31 to 40 years (20.51%).
Assuntos
Adulto , Evolução Fatal , Feminino , Armas de Fogo/legislação & jurisprudência , Homicídio/etiologia , Homicídio/legislação & jurisprudência , Homicídio/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Índia , Masculino , Terrorismo , /legislação & jurisprudência , /mortalidade , Adulto JovemRESUMO
A rare case of auto erotic hanging brought as a case of suicidal partial hanging is reported in this paper. Hanging is usually considered suicidal if not proved otherwise. The findings which were corroborative of auto erotic hanging decided that this was a case of accidental and not suicidal hanging.