1Department of Forensic Medicine, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana (Ambala).
2Department of Forensic Medicine, SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar.
Postmortem artifacts are commonly encountered problems in routine. They had to wrong interpretation in number of cases especially at the hands of an inexperienced autopsy surgeon and hence may mislead the course of justice. So it is suggested that all the doctors concerned with medicolegal work, especially autopsies, should be well versed with these artifacts. Then only our opinion will be conclusive and aid in the administration of justice.
Postmortem artifacts
