Battered Till Death: a Case Report

A recent WHO estimate shows that 40 million children in the world aged 0–14 years are abused and neglected. Physical abuse on children is seen more commonly in families of low socio economic status, especially if the child is a female. A female child is thought to be a burden to the family more so when the mother is dead. In physical abuse on children, easily available domestic material like belt, clothes, utensils etc are used as weapon of abuse. In the present case a rolling pin used in kitchen is used as a weapon of abuse. The child is battered by the father or the step mother, but usually will not be fatal. Here one such fatal case of battered female child is recorded and is evident in this literature.