A meticulous autopsy halts erroneous justice – Case report

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Case Report

Author Details : S Ramalingam*, Veeravijayan A , Narayanan S

Volume : 10, Issue : 1, Year : 2023

Article Page : 52-56

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijfcm.2023.009

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Abstract

The relationship between the trauma and the disease poses a biggest problem in interpretation, when a person who was either previously diseased dies after a trauma or who developed disease after sustaining injury. The importance of an autopsy in establishing the actual cause of death is most important in natural deaths, but it is even more important in the event of unnatural deaths. Here, we present a case report where the investigating agency booked the case under IPC S.304A and later the cause of death in the case is found to be a natural and the section was altered to 174 CrPC.

Keywords: Autopsy, Trauma, Disease, 174 CrPC, IPC S304A.

How to cite : Ramalingam S, Veeravijayan A, Narayanan S, A meticulous autopsy halts erroneous justice – Case report. Indian J Forensic Community Med 2023;10(1):52-56

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