Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, M.R. Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: Basawaraj S Patil, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Mahadevappa Rampure Marg, Gulbarga, Karnataka - 585105. Email Id: bspatil1210@gmail.com
Online published on 5 January, 2015.
Suicide by hanging is known since ancient times and all over the world with varied incidence. The rapid nature of death in case of hanging makes it one of the popular methods used in suicide. A total of 107 cases of hanging on which autopsy were conducted in the mortuary of Government General Hospital, Gulbarga during the study period from September 2007 to August 2012. The maximum numbers of hanging cases were between age group of 21–30 Years i.e. 34(31.78%) and the male to female ratio being 2.6:1. On postmortem examination asphyxial signs and congestion of organs as an external and internal finding were present in almost all the cases of hanging. The ligature mark was oblique (100%), above the thyroid cartilage (99%) and rope as a ligature material (57%) were the ligature findings in these hanging deaths.
Hanging, Postmortem Findings, Ligature Findings
