1Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department, Government Medical College, Surat-Gujarat
2Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department, Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research, Opposite Bombay Market, Umarwada, Surat
3Tutor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department, Government Medical College, Surat-Gujarat
4Professor & Head, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Department, Government Medical College, Surat-Gujarat
*Corresponding author: Dr. Pranav Prajapati Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Dept, Govt. Medical College, Surat-395001 India Mobile: +91-9426362474, Email: pprajapati79@gmail.com
Online published on 17 August, 2016.
Death due to asphyxia is one of the most important causes of violent deaths. Domestic violence plays a great role in suicidal and homicidal violent asphyxia deaths. Various epidemiological and demographical parameters of our study are discussed in the present article. We found, death due to hanging constituted 321 (5.57%) of total deaths, which were subjected to medico-legal autopsy. Young adults of age group 21 to 30 years were accounted for maximum cases followed by 31–40 years group. In victims of hanging, 67% of total cases were of male while only 33% of cases were of female. Indoor places are the commonest places used by victims of hanging. Sari, dupatta and cotton rope are commonly used as a ligature material in hanging cases. Ceiling fan and ceiling hook are the ideal suspension point used by victims of hanging. Only in 0.93% of hanging cases, hyoid bone fracture is present.
Hanging, Medico-legal autopsy, Ligature mark
