title: Postmortem examination in cases of custodial death in India.
abstract: Death in custody causes one of the most embarrassing situation for the law enforcement agencies and medicolegal experts. The doctors has to follow the guidelines given by National Human Rights Commission while conducting postmortem examination in such cases and many a times doctors have been blamed for giving a biased opinion under influence to protect the interests of police and jail officials. This paper discusses postmortem examination in cases of custodial deaths and incidence of custodial death in India as well as other parts of the world. The cases of custodial deaths for which autopsy was conducted at AIIMS has also been discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Dogra
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Bhardwaj
authors.forename: G A Sunilkumar
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lalwani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*