1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Medical Sciences and Research, Sadopur, Ambala, Haryana
2Associate Professor MD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal & University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
3Medical Officer MD, District Civil Hospital, Rewari, Haryana
4Senior Professor & Head MD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Pt. B. D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Naveen Sharma, Senior Resident MD, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal & University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, E-mail: dr.naveendhananiya@gmail.com, Contact: +918512868180
Online Published on 24 December, 2024.
Despite social and institutional changes, neonaticide persists even in the most socially advanced, liberal and prosperous societies in the world. The majority of the murders of infants and newborns are by the biological mother.[1] The motive for murdering the newborn relates to the shame, the fear of rejection, abandonment by significant others and the social stigmas associated with an illegitimate birth. In present case authors discuss a rare case of female neonaticide by more than one method and body being disposed in water canal by perpetrator to hide the crime.
Neonaticide, Infanticide, Homicide, Pregnancy, Criminology
