Forensic Yard

Mechanical injuries are Injuries caused by physical violence to the body. Based on the causative forces, mechanical injuries can be divided into blunt force injury, sharp-edged weapon injuries, and piercing weapon injury. These injuries can be inflicted accidentally, or in Continue reading

Injuries caused by physical violence to the body are known as Mechanical Injuries. These injuries can be caused by a blunt or a sharp force and the forensic medical examination of such injuries are an important section under forensic-medical traumatology. Continue reading

The term ‘injury’, under Section 44 of IPC, denotes any harm illegally caused to any person, on body, mind, reputation, or property. It will include any tortuous act also. Injuries can be severe life-threatening or they may be mild. The Continue reading

X-rays are the most common as well as essential imaging method used in the field of forensic medicine. The foreign bodies present in the body can be displayed and localized and helps to detect traumatic and pathological changes. It is Continue reading

Hanging is the form of violent death produced by suspending the body with a ligature around the neck. The constriction force will be the weight of the body or a part of the body weight. In complete hanging, the weight Continue reading

Algor Mortis and Livor Mortis both are the processes that takes place in a dead body. Algor Mortis is the process of cooling of body after death and Livor Mortis is settling of the blood in body after death. Algor Continue reading

A child showing a sign of life, even when only a part of the child is out of the mother, though the child has not breathed or is not completely born, is considered as live birth. If the death of Continue reading

Human Race is defined as the biological grouping within human beings distinguished or classified according to genetically transmitted differences. Race is a population concept. The population of the world is divided into three types of races namely Caucasians or Caucasoid, Continue reading

An autopsy is a surgical procedure to examine a corpse by dissecting the body. It is also known as necropsy or postmortem examination. An autopsy is done to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death. It also helps to Continue reading

Drowning is a form of asphyxial death where air entering into the lungs is prevented due to submersion of the mouth and nostrils into water or any other fluid medium. The process of submersion does not require the whole body Continue reading

It is defined as the disintegration of body tissues after death. It is classified under the late changes after death and is a normal fate of a body. However, under certain specific environmental conditions, modified decomposition happens where instead of Continue reading

Death or severe injury caused by electric shock passing through the body is known as Electrocution. Electric burns are a kind of thermal injury. The tissue damage associated with an electric injury occurs when electric energy is converted to thermal Continue reading

Euthanasia is the infiltration of a painless death of a person who is suffering from pain or disease that is incurable. It is also known as Mercy killing or physician-assisted suicide. In India, active euthanasia is illegal and is a Continue reading

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, tasteless, non-irritative gas that is produced due to the incomplete combustion of carbon. It burns with a blue flame. It is lighter than air and can get readily absorbed across the alveolus and combines with Continue reading