Dowry Death Burns
Keywords:
Dowry Death, Bride Burning, Asphyxia, Domestic Violence, Kerosene, Culpable Homicide, Antemortem, Postmortem, SuffocationAbstract
Dowry death or bride burning is a heinous crime against women with site of occurrence primarily in-laws house of the female and treated as culpable homicide with punishment up to life imprisonment or death. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to ascertain whether the burns on the dead body are antemortem or postmortem and postmortem examination may create big controversies if tackled by untrained hands thus, inviting avoidable criticism. The only solution to avoid such situations is better co-ordination between the general duty medical officers in health department and forensic medicine faculty mainly working in medical colleges in the state. This will streamline and improve the medico-legal work and functioning in the interest of justice.
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