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Who examines the injured person?  A medical officer or a casualty medical officer known as Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP). [Explanation (b) to Section 53 Crpc (now S.51 BNSS)-"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of Section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) and whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register.] What is an Accident register MLR?  The details of examination is entered in an accident register for the purpose of preparing a medicolegal injury report (MLR). It is a confidential record. It has to be produced in court if required by court of law. It is maintained by all the government hospitals. Patient may be an outpatient or admitted in ward.  Prior to a medicolegal examination, informed consent must be obtained from the injured party or from a legal guardian if the injured is unable to give consent. According to the...

 Medico-Legal Aspect of Wounds is one of the prime areas of Forensic studies.  Examination of injuries and wounds help a great deal in the discovery of the method of crime and the time of death (if any) and nature of weapon used in the crime. The examination of an injured person is a complex process and requires great care and caution as in many cases, whole investigation may depend on it.  After the examination of an injured person, the examining doctor prepares an injury certificate wherein he chalks out all the details regarding the nature, age, size and grievousness of injury. Along with it, the injury certificate also contains the details of the weapon used and other details as the doctor deems fit with regard to the injury.  NATURE OF INJURY   While describing the injuries in the form, the doctor should carefully note their nature and number, the character of their edges, their size as regards length, breadth and depth, the line of direction and their...

 An autopsy is generally the most accurate method available to determine the cause of death during murder cases and consequently, whether the fatality was innocent or in fact a disguised murder. Different measures are taken under different situations and with it being rather difficult to explain every single scenario possible, below are some common examples, which may likely perk your interest. An assailant is not responsible for the death of his victim occurring on receiving an injury, if it can be proved from post-mortem examination that it was due to natural causes, such as cerebral or subarachonoid haemorrhage, heart disease, particularly of coronary artery, hypertension or any other pathological condition or poisoning, and that the  infliction of the injury did not operate in any way, immediately or remotely, to cause the death which might have occurred at the time even if the injury had not been inflicted.  To substantiate a charge of murder or culpable homi...