Practical Problems Encountered in Conducting Medico-Legal Autopsies in Custodial Deaths: A Research Study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology - Year 2017, Vol 10, Issue 3
Abstract
To ascertain the cause of death is the most important objective behind a medico- legal autopsy. To this objective, ruling out torture or any other form of forceful activity done by the authorities is added while performing the custodial deaths’ autopsy. Medico- legal autopsy of custodial deaths has to be prompt and precise, to achieve such objectives and to collect evidences. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has laid down certain guidelines at different levels at regular intervals to achieve the objectives behind custodial deaths’ autopsy. Authorities working under these guidelines encounter different problems at their level. This study was aimed at identifying few of those problems, analyzing them and find out solutions in the form of recommendations on the basis of conclusions drawn.
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Abhaykumar B. Dheeraj
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- DOI 10.21088/ijfmp.0974.3383.10317.2
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