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Medical and Legal Interpretation of Injury report: A Physician’s Dilemma

T. Millo , T. Millo

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Journal of Forensic Chemistry and Toxicology 5(1):p 42-53, January-June 2019. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jfct.2454.9363.5119.8

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T. Millo. Medical and Legal Interpretation of Injury report: A Physician’s Dilemma. J Forensic Chemistry Toxicol. 2019;5(1):42-51.

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In India a registered medical graduate having MBBS degree is legally authorized to treat a medicolegal case and prepare the injury report. He is also required to opine about the nature of injury, possible weapon of offence and manner of injury to assist the crime investigation. Forensic Medicine is taught in the MBBS curriculum, but the studentsgenerally don’t get enough practical exposure to deal with medicolegal cases of injury reporting and opining. Most of them learn while on service when situation compel them to handle medicolegal cases and are summoned by the court of law to depose the medical evidence. It has to be realized that medical evidence is animportant corroborative evidence for guiding the investigation and the court of law. It needs to be dealtin a prudent way, scientifically and professionally. This article is an attempt to address the dilemma faced by the physicians, dealing with medicolegal cases of injury reporting and giving expert opiningand evidence in the court of law for the deliverance of justice in the state legal system.

 

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T. Millo. Medical and Legal Interpretation of Injury report: A Physician’s Dilemma. J Forensic Chemistry Toxicol. 2019;5(1):42-51.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/jfct.2454.9363.5119.8

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Medico-legal; Hurt; Grievous hurt; 320 IPC; permanent privation etc.

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