1Professor & Head, Dept of FMT, SBHGMC, Dhule
2Assistant Professor, Dept of FMT, SBHGMC, Dhule
3Associate Professor, Dept of FMT, SBHGMC, Dhule
4Assistant Professor, Dept of Pathology, SBHGMC, Dhule
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Nilesh A Devraj Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Bhausaheb Hire Medical College, Dhule Maharashtra, India, 424001. Email: nildev22@gmail.com
Online published on 19 January, 2018.
Brain damage as a result of head injury constitutes a major problem worldwide, and head injury is the most common emergency encountered in trauma units and casualty departments. Head injury forms an important aspect of both clinical and forensic work. From a medico-legal point of view, it is essential to determine whether death occurred due to head injury or its complications, and whether any resultant intracranial lesions were due to natural or unnatural causes. We are hereby presenting a unique case of homicide of the year 2016, in which inmate of a prison had been hit on head and posterior part of neck with a brick by fellow inmate in prison premises.
homicide, prison, head injury, blunt weapon, skull fracture, sub-dural hemorrhage & subarachnoid hemorrhage, injury to spinal column
