Feature of Ligature Mark and Fractures in Hanging and Ligature Strangulation Cases in Ajmer Region Population of India

Abstract

Human race is one of the most intellectual living creatures among the whole living world. Human race has
the potential to think and act, but unfortunately humans have also by desire searched the way to end their
own by adopting various ways of mechanical asphyxia which is most commonly encountered in medicolegal
practice. Hanging is one of the most common method of suicide in India and around the world, other
types of hanging are, homicidal hanging judicial hanging, autoerotic hanging. A study was conducted in the
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JLN Medical College, Ajmer for a period of one year
i.e. from January 2009 to December 2010. During this period a total number of 105 cases were observed;
of which 100 were of hanging and 05 cases of ligature strangulation. In the investigation 100 hanging
cases reported in Ajmer region were studied for injuries to bones and cartridge of neck. In the study, hyoid
bone (13 %) and thyroid cartridge fracture (5%) were most commonly observed among male and female
respectively, no case of larynx and trachea fracture was recorded.