Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3

Sexual Assault by Digital Penetration-A Case Report

1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry

2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry

*Corresponding author: Dr. Sanjay Sukumar, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry. E-mail: sanjss@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 17 July, 2019.

Abstract

Brutal sexual assault on children should attract the harshest punishment the law can provide. Here reported, is a case of sexual assault and murder of a 3-year-old child who was presented as a case of death due to snake bite. Meticulous post-mortem examination is required in such cases were history of the case do not coincide with the injuries on the body.

Keywords

Sexual assault, child, injuries, post-mortem