Citation

Chandrakant HV, Arun M, Kumar GNP, Reddy A. J. Ind. Acad. Forensic Med. 2009; 31(4).

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore - 570015, Karnataka. (chandparu20076@gmail.com)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

Homicidal electrocution is a very uncommon or perhaps under reported phenomenon. This type of murder narrates a picture of a very ruthless offender, the crime itself being premeditated and planned. Passage of electric current through the human body is an aberration, and commission of such an act purposefully is diabolical. We are presenting a case report, where husband had murdered wife using the electrical appliance. The uniqueness in this case was the manner in which the murder was committed by using domestic electrical appliance.