Department of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital & Post Graduate Institute, Pondicherry-1.
*Corresponding author: Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Perunthalaivar Kamaraj Medical College & Research Institute, Pondicherry-9. E-mail: fkston@rediffmail.com
Hanging is a common means of committing suicide in India and it accounts for a considerable number of suicidal deaths in Puducherry. Instantaneous death occurs in cases of hanging. Very rarely the fatal period may be delayed for a few days. In the present case the victim survive in unconscious state for 28 days after suspension.
Hanging, Fatal period, Delayed death
