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