Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

A visit of Forensic Pathologist to the scene of crime – Need of an hour

  • Author:
  • Shilekh Mittal1,, Sonia Mittal2, Moneeshindra Singh Mittal3
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 19 to 20

1Department of Forensic Medicine, MM Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Mullana, Ambala.

2Department of Physiology, MM Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Mullana, Ambala.

3Mittal Hospital, Faridkot.

*Address For Correspondence: Dr. Shilekh Mittal, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, MM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala.

Abstract

Things are not always what they seem to be at first sight. Many cases of homicides go undetected because of lack of suspicion and improper or inadequate or unscientific investigation. There is no specialization of work in the police force at the level of the police station, leading to inexperience personnel, mishandling the forensic aspects of a case. This leads to miscarriage of justice and exerts an additional burden upon the forensic pathologist or autopsy surgeon in any given case.

Keywords

Scene of crime, Medicolegal Masquerades