Medico-legal Study of Suspected Homicide Cases in a Teaching Hospital in Eastern Nepal

Karn, Abhishek; Jha, Shivendra; Bk, Yadav; Thakur, Dilip

doi:10.3126/hren.v9i1.4356

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“…This finding is in consistence with the study of A. Karn et al (17) Homicides were more common in rural population (60.73%) when compared to urban population. Reason for this being, rural habitat of majority of the study population and existence of faction feuds and groups in the rural areas.…”

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“…Reason for this being, rural habitat of majority of the study population and existence of faction feuds and groups in the rural areas. Similar results were seen in the study by A. Karn et al (17) CONCLUSION Out of 163 homicidal death cases, age group of 21-40 years was mostly affected with a male-to-female ratio of 1.96:1. About 70% of the victims were married and most cases of homicide took place during evening and early night hours.…”

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An Analytical Study of Homicidal Deaths Autopsied

Narayana¹,

Rangaiah²,

Khalid³

2016

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Homicide is the most heinous and often the most violent crime committed against a person by another person. Incidence of homicide is increasing day by day and is becoming a major threat to the harmony of society. In the present study, homicidal deaths occurred over a period of 5 years, i.e. from 2008 to 2012 in and around Tirupati region were analysed. During the study period, the incidence of homicidal deaths was 4.02% with a male-to-female ratio of 1.96:1. Most common age group to be involved was 30-39 years. The most frequent method of homicide was use of blunt weapons (38.03%), followed by use of sharp weapons (25.15%), asphyxial methods (11.03%). Personal enmity (20.24%), extramarital affairs (18.40%), love affairs (18.49%) and financial disputes (12.26%) were among the common motives behind the act. Incidence of homicide was more common during night times (56.98%) and at place of living of victim or assailant (43.55%). Most of the victims (85.88%) remained totally deprived of any medical help.

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An Analytical Study of Homicidal Deaths Autopsied

Narayana¹,

Rangaiah²,

Khalid³

2016

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“…In physical violence, head is one of the common locations involved and might be due to its easy approach. 8,10,11 This might also be associated with the intention of assailant. Followed by head, upper limb seems to be the more involved area which might be due to its use in defensive act.…”

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Patterns and Severity of Injuries in Patients Following Physical Assault– A Medicolegal Aspects

Chaudhary¹,

Kunwar

Ghimire

et al. 2020

Eastern Green Neurosurg.

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Background and purpose: Physical assault (PA) is a common cause of mortality and morbidity throughout the world and the prevalence is still very high in underdeveloped and developing countries. With the objective to see the spectrum of injury following PA from the medico legal point of view, this study was design in a tertiary care centre at far eastern part of Nepal. Material and method: This is a prospective analytical study with non- probability consecutive sampling of physical assault cases presented in the emergency department over the duration of 4 months. All the patients who meet the inclusion criteria were collected in preformed proforma. Gender, types of weapons used for PA, location of external and internal injuries, various treatment strategies, and severity of injuries were presented in frequencies and percentage. Association of different age categories, gender and types of weapons used with severity of injuries were analysed using Chi square/ Fisher’s exact test wherever applicable. Result: There were total 99 patients presented with physical assault during the study period with mean age of presentation 31.69 (SD 13.38) Years with male (70%) predominance. Among various types of weapons used for PA; punches/ kicks were used in 50% of assaults followed by blunt heavy objects (35%) and sharp heavy weapons (14%). Location of the external injuries were more common in head and neck area . Obvious internal injuries were seen in 14% of the assaulted patients. Among all the case of PA, 42% patients needed some sort of surgical intervention during hospital stay. There were 9% cases of grievous injury and 6% had life threatening injuries. Conclusion: Physical assault is a common mode of injuries in eastern Nepal, where young males are more prone to such injuries. Violence are commonly carried out using fists, kicks and blunt objects. Severity of injuries is similar with all the types of weapons used.

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“…Karn A et al 24 in their study in Nepal observed earlier age peak of victims i.e. between 15-25 years.…”

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“…Karn A et al 24 out of the total 50 cases, the ratio of male as to female victims was 4:1 and Meel BL et al 22 observed sex ratio was of 5:1.…”

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Study of socio-demographic profile of victims in cases of deaths due to homicide

Rathod¹,

Choudhary²,

Ghormade³

et al. 2020

IJFCM

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: Present prospective study was carried out with the aim to study socio-demographic profile of victims in cases of Deaths due to homicide in Nagpur. Total 179 medico legal autopsy cases of homicidal deaths conducted at department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur over a period from January 2013 to October 2014 were studied. Study protocol was approved by the institutional ethical committee.Out of total number of autopsies (3412) conducted during study period 179 cases (5.24%) were of death due to homicide. Maximum number of cases 70 (39.11%) were recorded in the age group of 21-30 years followed by 47 (26.26%) cases in the age group of 31-40 years. Out of total reported cases, males outnumbered females. Out of the total 179 cases of homicide, 147 (82.12%) victims were males and 32 (17.88%) were females. Male to female ratio was 4.59:1. Maximum cases 62 (34.64%) of males were reported in the age group in 21-30 years age group followed by 40 (22.35%) cases in 31-40 years. Similarly amongst female’s maximum victims were 8 (4.47%) in the age group 21-30 years followed by 7 (3.91%) cases in 31-40 years. Most of the victims were illiterate primary or secondary educated married, labourers or unemployed persons belonging to lower socio economic strata of the society.: Most of the victims of homicidal deaths were males. Most common age group was of bread and butter earning productive period. Uneducated, unemployed, married and persons with social dysharmony were commonly involved.

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Medico-legal Study of Suspected Homicide Cases in a Teaching Hospital in Eastern Nepal

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An Analytical Study of Homicidal Deaths Autopsied

An Analytical Study of Homicidal Deaths Autopsied

Patterns and Severity of Injuries in Patients Following Physical Assault– A Medicolegal Aspects

Study of socio-demographic profile of victims in cases of deaths due to homicide

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