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Dissertation
Study of Physical and Biological Evidences on Clothes Amongst Autopsies Conducted at M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore
2014
Overview
A study of “Physical and Biological Evidences on Clothes amongst Autopsies” conducted at M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, between October 2011 to April 2013, for a period of 18 months with aims and objectives to ascertain the role of physical and biological evidences on clothing in opining the cause and manner of death and place of occurrence and the role of clothing in sexually related deaths. All cases with medico legally significant physical and biological evidence on the clothes were taken up in the study. The various evidences on the clothing were observed/noted/collected with clear description of the site, physical examination of stains and correlation of damage to clothing in relation to the injuries on the body. The findings were documented with a standard proforma and substantiated with clear photographs where ever necessary and data was analysed.A total of 102 cases were included in the study, the commonest types of cases studied were Road traffic accident 25 cases (24.5%), Assault 24 cases (23.52%), Railway deaths 22 cases (21.57%), Burns and electrocution 12 cases (11.7%), Fall from height 6 cases (5.88%).Tears/cuts, grease stains and mud/soil stains formed majority of the physical evidence observed. Blood stains were the most common biological evidence observed followed by salivary and seminal stains. In 31 out of 136 unidentified cases accounting for 22.79% positive identification was done by the relatives based on the clothes and pocket contents.Of the 102 cases included in the study, in 78 cases (76.47%) the physical and biological evidences aided in furnishing the cause and manner of death. The place of occurrence could be correlated with the evidences in 100% of cases of railway deaths, 66.66% of electrocution cases, 52% of road traffic deaths, 33.33% of fall from height cases and 25% of assault cases.
