Department of Forensic Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh
*Corresponding author: Y S Bansal, Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh-160012. E-mail: yogender_bansal@rediffmail.com, Ph no: + 91-172- 2755209 (O)
Online published on 20 February, 2014.
Worldwide weird religious rituals are still prevalent in almost all the societies. The various forms of application of this magical spells for the so called benefit of humans have evolved according to the cultural context. Black Magic, Paganism, Maleficium, witchcraft and superpower are various such evolution of practicing magic. A case of such inhuman torture with such belief from the state of Uttar Pradesh in India is discussed, where a 14 years young girl was allegedly beaten to death by her own father on the pretext of being possessed by some evil power. The postmortem examination findings were analyzed with respect to the history provided.
Rituals, Witchcraft, Evil Power, Torture
