Trends of Homicidal Deaths in Indore (M.P.) Region One Year Retrospective Study

This study was done in Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore (MP) from January to December 2012. Out of total 1931 post-mortem conducted in 2012, 82 cases were alleged homicidal in nature. Purpose of this study was to know the cause of death, pattern of weapon used for homicidal purpose, gender distribution, age distribution and seasonal distribution in homicidal death. Males were victim in 78.95%(64) of cases and females in 21.05%(18) of cases included in our study.

In present study 64.63% (53) of total victims were in age group of >18–40 years. Most of the cases, 46.34% (38) were seen in summer (March-June) season. Most common cause of death was hemorrhage and shock 46.34%(38) followed by asphyxia and cranio-cerebral injury 20% each. Blunt weapons were most commonly used for homicidal purpose 31.71% (26). No case of homicidal death was seen in female by fire arm. Maximum number of autopsies were conducted on Thursday 20.73%(17) of cases & least number of autopsies were conducted on Monday 07.32%(06) of cases in our study.