1Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Neigrihms
2Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal
*Corresponding Author: Dr. A. R. Marak, Senior Resident Doctor, Department Of Forensic Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya-793018, E-mail ID: aelifeter@gmail.com
Online published on 6 January, 2018.
Out of total 737 medico legal autopsies conducted between May 2010 and August 2012, 45 cases were of hanging deaths, which constituted about 6.10% of medico legal autopsies conducted. The age groups of 21–30 years of age and 31–40 years of age group recorded the maximum number of cases with 14(31.11%) and 13(28.88%) cases respectively, with 8 female and 6 male in 21–30 years age group and 6 female and 7 male in the age group of 31–40 years. Atypical hanging 39 (86.68%) predominates typical hanging 6 (13.32%) and majority of the victims 28 (62.22%) had no injury in the neck, except pressure abrasions and ligature ma
Hanging, ligature mark
