Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue: 4

Partial postmortem negligence OR?

  • Author:
  • Mohammed Iliyas Sheikh, S. Kumar, S.S. Agarwal, Lavlesh Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 258 to 259

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, SMIMER, Surat.

Abstract

Dead body of a 16-year-old female was brought for postmortem at the mortuary of New Civil Hospital, Surat from a nearby district. The body had been subjected to a medicolegal postmortem a day before at a local hospital. But the relatives suspecting foul play in the postmortem asked for a re-postmortem by Forensic Experts at New Civil Hospital. The second postmortem revealed no foul play yet raised many a questions to be answered. The details are discussed in the paper that needs sincere thought.

Keywords

Partial postmortem, Negligence, Hanging, Complete postmortem