1Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Neigrihms
2Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal
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
