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.
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.
Sexual assault, child, injuries, post-mortem
