Abstract

Determination of foetal age is of significant not only in obstetrics management but also in medicolegal cases. Many a medicolegal questions especially related to fetal age are to answered by a forensic pathologist after examining a dead foetus. A study was conducted on 20 foetus of Haryana population from the Department of Forensic Medicine.Facial dimensions viz. bizygomatic width and nasion to prosthion distance were measured by verniler caliper (having resolution 0.02, instrument private Ltd. New Delhi.) and applied Balwant rai regression equation for age estimation. This was observed that using Balwant rai regression equation there was overestimation of age compared to their chronological age.

Key Words Nasion to prosthion a point distance, Bizygomatic width, Balwant rai regression equation.