1Additional Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, M.M. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala
3Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Adesh Medical College & Hospital, Mohri, Shahbad (M), Distt. Kurukshetra
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Kanika Kohli, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and toxicology, M.M. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala Contact : +91 9728405109, Email : kanikaghotra86@gmail.com
The study was conducted in the Department of Forensic Medicine, MMIMSR, Mullana to analyse the various demographic variables of the subjects who died due to hanging, manual strangulation, ligature strangulation and had undergone postmortem examination.
Out of 363 medico-legal deaths autopsied at MMIMSR, Mullana, details were collected from those medico-legal deaths identified to be due to compression of neck.
Out of 363 medico-legal autopsies, 77 cases were of death due to neck compression. Combined injuries of all neck structures were seen in 8.7% cases of strangulation and 4.3% of throttling . Study comprised of 74.1% males & 25.9% females with maximum deaths in age group of 20–30 years in hanging and 73.9% males and 26.1% females in strangulation. Rope was ligature material of choice in hanging and strangulation. Frequency of hyoid bone fracture was maximum in strangulation.
Hanging, Ligature mark, Mechanical asphyxia, Strangulation, Throttling
