1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Late Shree B.R. Kashyap Memorial Medical College, Jagdalpur (C.G.)
2PhD Student in Entomology (M.Sc. Forensic Science), Scene of Crime Unit Jagdalpur (C.G.)
*Corresponding author: Pawan Tekade, Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Late Shree B.R. Kashyap Memorial Medical College, Jagdalpur, District- Bastar, Chhattisgarh- 494001. E mail: tekade_pawan@yahoo.co.in
**Practitioner, Bhandara (M.S.)
Online published on 7 August, 2013.
Determination of manner of death by the forensic persons is vital for dispensing justice. At times, even meticulous enquiry and legal proceedings are not able to form a conclusive opinion, mostly due to an error committed at some point of investigation and lack of eyewitness. A careful postmortem examination and critical crime scene investigation are the tools which can explain the crime in most satisfactory manner in such cases.
In the present case manner of death given by doctor was questioned by the investigating agencies. The non availability of eyewitness and inability to trace any offender also contributed to the puzzle. The pattern of injuries, the condition of vehicle, crime scene report and the physics of fall were considered to point out or rule out the possibilities.
Manner of Death, Physics of Fall, Fall From Height
