Mohd Kaleem Khan

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Deaths in the railway premises, tracks, train and other railway related properties are often accidental, suicidal and may at times homicidal in nature. To identify the cause of death and timely disbursement of justice to victims and their aggrieved families is the primary motive of the police, forensic services and the judicial system. The establishment of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government railway police (GRP) is for the protection of railway property and handling crime happening in it. Involvement of local police, forensic.There is a sharp decline in crime happening in railway properties in India (RPF shows a great decline in the number of cases since 2018 (1094684) to 2019 (949695). Government railway police (GRP) also reported Cases (Registered by GRP (IPC+SLL) which show sharp decline in crime since 2018 (107092) in 2019 (99381) but still there is great scope of integrating the existing law enforcing agencies along with forensic medicine in reducing the crime further in railways. Keywords: Railway, Forensic Medicine, Suicide, Accidents

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Electrical burns are linked to a high rate of morbidity and mortality, and are usually avoidable with basic safety precautions. High voltage electrical injuries are uncommon, yet they have a high death rate. Electrocution refers to any death caused by an electrical shock to the body. Although the introduction of electricity was hailed as a gift to civilization, its use in domestic households has continued to increase fatalities, either because of lack of public awareness, total negligence on the part of the general people and electrical distribution agencies. Electricity's ever-increasing reliance on industry and domestic demands exposes man to injury from electric current and equipment that runs on it.   Keywords: Electrocution, High voltage, Judgements, Compensation

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Self injuring or harming or mutilating behaviour is defined as a deliberate alteration in the body tissue or destruction of body tissue in the absence of conscious suicidal thought. Patients of mental disorder may deliberately cause hundred of wounds on themselves without any intention which may actually have a cumulative effect that is the death of the patient. It seems self harming behaviour has a vast spectrum, if injuries in its domain right from mild scratches to amputation of body parts to enucleation of eyes. Patient with self behaviour almost always has suffered from mental disorders like paranoid schizophrenia or syndromes of self mutilation which may have some religious overtone attached to it. Here we present a case of a 28-year-old male with cut throat injury in the middle of the neck in the front just above the thyroid cartilage as a result of cannabis induced psychosis. Keywords: Self Mutilation, Throat Slit, Cannabis Induced Psychosis.

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Introduction: A fabricated firearm injury refers to a self-inflicted superficial injury and if someone has fabricated a gunshot injury, it is important to assess the presentation and the intent behind it. Material and Methods: This prospective hospital based study was carried out on all patients who presented to Trauma center of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh with alleged fabricated gunshot injuries over a span of 4 years i.e., from October 2018 to September 2022. Result: In this study, we found that most of the patients were from age groups 19-30 years (30.2%). Males outnumbered the females. 42 cases (79.2%) were reported from rural background while majority of the cases i.e. 17 cases (32.1%) were unemployed. Conclusion: The collaborative efforts of all the investigating agencies and medical professionals can help to prevent the fabrication of injuries, which will not only decrease needless court cases but also eliminate unwanted harassment of innocent people. Keywords: Firearm, Fabricated, Country made, Self-inflicted

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