1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka
2Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka
3Professor & Head of the Department, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Sri DevarajUrs Medical College, Kolar, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: Dr. Yadukul S E-mail: dr.koooool@gmail.com
Online published on 27 July, 2017.
The term exhumation is restricted to legally digging out the body from the grave after burial. The objectives of disinterment can vary in various cultures as well as countries and requirements vary from place to place. However, most cases of exhumation occur because there is a request from a magistrate to carry out an autopsy to gain essential forensic evidence.
To make a comprehensive analysis of the exhumation cases those have been done in Kolar & to find out the pitfalls, limitations, lacunae encountered which are subjective as well as objective in nature.
A total of 11 exhumation cases have been done during the study period. Young males in the age group of 21yrs to 30yrs were the major population. Though 10 cases among 11 cases done had alleged that it was a homicide case, prior to exhumation; turned out to be on the other side after the exhumation results.
The study of these cases from registration to reburial has yielded a lot of information from medico legal point of view, as the analytical findings are actual proofs rather than analytical presumptions.
Exhumation, Autopsy, Kolar
