1Associate Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology; KPC Medical College. Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032
2Assistant Professor Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology; Malda Medical College; Malda, 732101, West Bengal
3Professor & Head Department of Forensic Medicine and toxicology; KPC Medical College, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032
Not many studies have been done on partial hanging, since its incidence is less. Partial hanging often poses problem for law enforcement agencies because relation of victim believe it to be an incident of homicide and are often adamant to register a case of homicide. The present study was carried out between: Feb 2016 to Jan 2017. A total number of 2160 postmortem examination were conducted during this period. Of all the cases, Violent Asphyxial deaths contributed 7.4%. Hanging contributed 4.2% of total cases. Of 4.2% of cases, Complete Hanging contributed to 91.2%; Partial Hanging contributed to 8.8% of cases. Problem of Law and order can be dealt by empowering police.
Apparent partial hanging, Suicidal hanging, Hanging
