Cut throat injury pattern: suicidal– Illustration of case series

• Author Details:   
• Kankana Saikia ^*
• Ashish Jain
• Rajendra Baraw
• Rajat Soni
• Ajay Tosh Maravi
• Pawan Mandloi

Cut-throat injuries are incised injuries over the neck inflicted by any sharp object. It is most commonly seen in Homicidalcases followed by suicidal cases. Accidental cut throat wounds are extremely rare. In such cases, the circumstantial evidence and features like hesitation cut marks, defence wounds, retrieval of weapon from the death scene, state of clothing, history of mental illness, etc. gives an approach to a conclusion about the manner of death. This case series presented is about cut-throat injury. We are presenting these cases to discuss about the patterns and peculiarities of Suicidal cut throat wound and salient features in order to draw the opinion at the end.