Profile of Medico Legal Cases at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

Introduction: Medico legal cases constitute substantial proportion of workload in tertiary care hospitals. Methods and material: The study was conducted retrospectively during the month of September 2017 to know cause, manner and to make profiling of medico legal cases. Results: Maximum cases i.e.301 (33.00%) were reported in the age group of 21–30 years. Male to female ratio was 3.22:1. Manner of blunt injuries other than road traffic accidents, is homicidal i.e. 153 (57.73%) cases. Manner of sharp injuries in maximum cases is homicidal 18 (69.23%) cases. Maximum medico legal cases were referred to Surgery department i.e. 492 (53.94%). Discussion: Sharp injuries were found in 27 (02.96%) cases in which predominant manner of death was homicidal i.e.18 cases (69.23%). Most common medico legal cases were RTA followed by fall from height, snake bite. This finding is consistent with findings of other studies. Conclusion: Most common injury involved in these cases is blunt injury. In cases of sharp injuries commonly manner of production is homicidal in nature. Surgery, orthopedics departments most commonly involved in medico legal cases. Opinion of single department is most commonly sought by CMO's.