Dept. of Forensic Medicine, SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur.
Death of a person due to passage of electric current through the body is known as electrocution. In electric burns there maybe small entry and exit points visible, of electric current. Fatal electrocution is divided into: Domestic electrocution low voltage (220–240V), Industrial electrocution high voltage (40,000-11, 00,000V), Lightening very high voltage in thunder storms. The current may cause tissue damage or fibrillation if it is sufficiently high. Generally, currents approaching 100 mA are lethal if they pass through sensitive portions of the body. This is a case of fatal electrocution without visible electric burn mark. Occasionally, if the contact area is moist and duration of contact is very short, death could be possible without visible electric burn mark.
