A study on the Pattern of Rape in Manipur

A retrospective study was done in the Department of Forensic Medicine, RIMS a tertiary health care teaching hospital in Imphal over a period of 7 years from 2005–2011. A gradual increasing trend was observed in the present study with maximum cases seen in 2011. Students were the most common and risky victim (51%). Summer (34%) season and afternoons (40%) were the most preferred time for such crime. In majority of the cases, the accused was known to the victim (83%) and also most of the incidents occurred in the accused's house (33%). External Injuries (11.8%) and local injuries (33.3%) were not seen in most of the cases. Hymen tear was most commonly seen in the 5, and 7^o’ clock position (18%).