Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Unusual Cut-throat Injury in a Couple with Psychiatric Illness: A Case Report

  • Author:
  • S Sreedhar Reddy1, Sudhakar S2, Sanjeev K2, Mahesh G3, Uday Pal Singh4
  • Total Page Count: 34
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 254 to 287

1Associate Professor, Medico legal Consultant, People's Trauma and Emergency Hospital, Guntur

2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India

3Post graduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India

4Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Online published on 21 February, 2013.

Abstract

Infliction of cut-throat injuries with the intention of homicide or suicide is common in India. The main features that differentiate the homicidal and suicidal cut-throat injuries are the presence of hesitation cuts, depth of the wound, signs of struggle, edges of the wound, etc. Presence of injuries that are contradicting with the classical descriptions provided in the standard literature were found in a couple suffering from psychiatric illness, which is the highlight of this case report.

Keywords

Cut-Throat Injury, Hesitation Cuts, Suicide, Homicide, Psychiatric Illness