Citation

Pal SK, Sharma A, Sehgal A. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2015; 9(1): 247-252.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

DOI

10.5958/0973-9130.2015.00058.4

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A mother and her teenage son living in a house in remote area were not seen for a week. The father of the lady living in adjoining area became suspicious and visited her house. He smelled stench emanating from the locked house and immediately informed the police. On reaching the spot, the police opened the locked door by taking out conventional metallic loop from the wooden door plank and found dead body of lady in a pool of blood on the floor while that of her son on the double bed. The scene of occurrence was examined for vital clues by the forensic experts after a week. The forensic investigators tried to establish linkages between the victim, suspect, crime scene and individual items as with any form of evidence. The presence of palm prints on the wall, blood streaks and spatters on the wall and blood droplets/drip pattern on the iron box (trunk) lying adjacent to the wall helped in knowing etiology of crime and led to conclude that the assailant had suffered an injury on his/her hand. On the basis of evidences, the forensic team advised the police to make search for suspect (s) and the police succeeded in arresting stepdaughter of the deceased who had suffered an injury on the thumb of left hand. Laboratory analysis of the forensic clues not only established the link of assailant to the scene of occurrence but also enabled Hon'ble court to convict the accused for committing double murder.

Language: en