title: Foreign body in injury--an important evidence.
abstract: In the present paper, a complete case is discussed, that is from the crime upto judgement in the court of law, from the Forensic point of view. The postmortem examination was conducted by the author in which a metallic fragment of size of a mustard seed was found in a incised wound. On chemical analyzers examination, the metal fragment matched with the suspected weapon, in respect of spectrochemical contents. This evidence became an important part in the investigation for conviction of the accused in the court of law. This indicates that when-ever any foreign body, whatever it may be or of whatever size, should not be neglected while examining the injury before death of after death, since it can become an important piece of evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur (Pin Code-440 018), Maharashtra State, India.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wankhede
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology