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JIAFM, 2007 - 29(4); ISSN: 0971-0973 Bibliography: 1. Amnesty International. Report 2000. Amnesty International Publications. London, 2000. 2. Scraton and Grodon. British criminal justice on trial. Penguin Books. Harmondsworth. UK. 1984:p46. 3. The Indian Penal Code, 1860. Act 45 of 1860. 4. The India Evidence Act, 1872. Act 1 of 1872. 5. Sham Kant Vs. State of Maharashtra, 1993:CrLC463pp472, 473:SC. 6. The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. Act 10 of 1994, w2ith Amendment Act, 2006. 7. http://www.nhrc.nic.in.policecasec.htm. Accessed on 02/11/2007. 8. Nilabati Behera Vs. State of Orissa, 1993: 2SCC 746. 9. Phoolwati Vs State (UT of Chandigarh) and others, CWP No. 11943 of 2007, Pb & H High Court. 10. Smt Grover Vs Directorate of Enforcement, 1994 SCC (Cri) 1464; 1995: supp (4) SCC 450. 11. The Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. Act 2 of 1974. With amendment Act 2005. 12. Khatri Vs State of Bihar. AIR 1981 SC 928. 13. People’s Union for Democratic Rights Vs State of Bihar. AIR 1987 SC 355. 14. Arvinder Singh Bagga Vs State of UP. 1994 6 SCC 565. 15. Simpson Vs. Attorney General 1994 NZLR 667. 16. DK Basu Vs the State of West Bengal. 1997(1) SCC 416. 128
Contradictory Skull and Age Estimation *Dr. Akhilesh Pathak, **Dr. H.M. Mangal * Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicne, PDU Medical College, Rajkot. ** Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicne, PDU Medical College, Rajkot. Corresponding Author: - Dr. Akhilesh Pathak Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, PDU Medical College, Rajkot.(Gujarat) E-mail: dr.akhilesh_pathak@yahoo.co.in JIAFM, 2007 - 29(4); ISSN: 0971-0973 Abstract The corpus delicti means the facts of any criminal offence. The main part of the corpus delicti is the establishment of identity of the dead body and infliction of violence in a particular way, at a particular time and place, by the person on persons charged with the crime and none other. The case against the accused cannot be established unless there is convincing proof of these points. If the victim’s identity is not known, it becomes difficult for the police to solve the crime. Determination of the age of the individual comes in routine forensic practice, as the age of the victim is one of the three primary characteristics of identification. But in few cases it is not easy to opine about the age of the victim especially when we are receiving only a single bone like skull with contradictory findings. The presented case report is an attempt to discuss that how we can solve such problems by considering the other criteria’s for age estimation in skull which can be of a great use when some contradictory findings are there in remains of skeleton. Key words: Skeletal remains, Age, and Identification. Introduction: Forensic identifications by their nature are multidisciplinary team efforts relying on positive identification methodologies as well as presumptive or exclusionary methodologies. Typically, this effort involves the cooperation and coordination of law enforcement officials, forensic experts, serologists and other specialists as deemed necessary. In each discipline, there is the need to develop scientific evidence relative to the questions of fact regarding identification in a defensible manner grounded on general rules of acceptance, reliability and relevance. In the forensic medicine, a great deal of effort is spent on the identity or confirmation of identity of the victim and perpetrator. This labor intensive aspect of a medicolegal examination focuses on the expertness to decide whether the remains are human or animal, and once it is decided that the remains are human in origin then we can proceed further to estimate the other data like age, sex and stature which contribute in identification. The experienced forensic pathologist considers a range of the available features and techniques before reaching a conclusion as multiple indicators are having the key role. Case history: In July 2007, a young male of 16 years age was kidnapped by his friends for the purpose of ransom and to hide their identification the kidnappers killed him and disposed off the body in a jungle. Police detained the suspects and during interrogation they accepted the crime committed. The skull and few pieces of long bones of the victim were recovered from the scene of crime as told by the accuse party and were brought to us for the postmortem examination. After examination we found that the bones were human in origin, belonged to one and the same individual and skull was showing male characteristic features. When we examined the skull to determine the age we got surprised to see that the third molars were not erupted in upper jaw bilaterally, while the skull sutures were completely fused on outer as well as on inner tables. The dental examination was showing that the skull is of a young adult of age between 12-17 years, while the fused skull sutures were indicating its older age. The suspicion was corrected by considering the other criteria of skull for age determination and finally we reached on a conclusion that the skull belongs to an individual of age between 12-17 years, which was also corresponding with the victim’s age as identified later. The criteria which were suggesting the younger age of the skull are as following: 1. The contour of the skull was smooth and invorine on both inner and outer surfaces. 129
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