Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 1

Trends in culpable homicide amounting to murder in the city of Greater Mumbai – A five year study

  • Author:
  • Dhiraj Buchade1, Shailesh Mohite2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 12 to 14

1Department of Forensic Medicine, LTM Medical College, Sion, Mumbai.

2Department of Forensic Medicine, TN Medical College, Mumbai Central.

Abstract

The study was aimed to determine underlying trends in the incidences of homicides to assess the frequency of homicide by age, sex and religion of victim. An attempt is also made to find out the motive of homicide, causative weapon, pattern of injuries and cause of death in homicide cases.

Keywords

Culpable homicide, murder, motive, weapon, cause of death, panchnama, pattern of injuries