Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 34
  • Issue: 3

Psychopathologies in Finished Homicide: A Serial Study

  • Author:
  • Gautam Anand, Kunal Kumar, Imran Sabri, V K Mahadik, P K Singh, R N Sahu, Saurav Verma, Kumar Prabhakar, K. Zaman
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 236 to 239

*Assist. Prof, Dept. of Psychiatry, RDGMC, Ujjain

**Assistant Professor, HOD, Department of Psychiatry, SMSR, Sharda University, Greater Noida Email: kunal.psy@gmail.com

***Assist. Prof., FMT, SMS & R, Sharda University

**** Director, RDGMC, Ujjain

***** HOD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Patna Medical College, Patna

****** HOD, Dept. of Psychiatry, RDGMC, Ujjain

******* Advocate, Gwalior High Court

******** Advocate, Patna High Court

********* Senior Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, SMSR, Sharda University, Greater Noida

Online published on 26 October, 2012.

Abstract

It is very evident that most of homicide and suicide have own underlying psychopathologies. The suicide is a social and auto framed event performed by patient under distressful condition with unintention to harm other. Homicidal in mental illness is unintentional behaviour performed by offender under influence of underlying psychopathologies especially command hallucination in 1 out of 10, (10%) delusional reference in 3 out of 10 (30%), delusional misinterpretation in 1 out of10 (10%) delusion of impost ring in 2 out of 10 (20%) and almost major psychotics had delusion of persecution 6 out of 10 (60%) Studied sample had own choice of weapons which depends on experience of weapon used and availability of weapon at the time of act performed act. All required more than 10 days of observation instead of minimum 10 days as mentioned in the Mental Health Act, 1987.

Keywords

Homicide, Delusion of Persecution, Impost Ring, Reference, Mental Health Act