1Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Shri B.H. Medical College & General (civil) Hospital, Dhule, Maharashtra
2Dept. of Pathology, Shri B.H. Medical College & General (civil) Hospital, Dhule, Maharashtra
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Online published on 16 February, 2018.
Sudden and unnatural death of a person in custody is a very sensitive issue for the government as there are always allegations of custodial torture, human rights violations, and deliberate ill-treatment by the authorities to the deceased person. Death of a person following alcoholic intoxication in a police/judicial custody is rare because liquor is not available in custody for arrested person to consume. We are presenting a case where the male person died due to consumption of ethyl alcohol in custody.
Police custody, ethyl alcohol, post mortem examination, cirrhosis of liver, cerebral and cerebellar oedema, chemical analysis
