TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Suicide pact by drowning with bound wrists: a case of medico-legal importance
JO  - Medico-legal journal, The
A1  - Behera, C.
A1  - Karthik, Krishna
A1  - Singh, Hansraj
A1  - Deepak, Prakash
A1  - Jhamad, Akhilesh R.
A1  - Bhardwaj, Dn
SP  - 29
EP  - 31
VL  - 82
IS  - 1
N2  - Suicide pacts are uncommon and mainly committed by male-female pairs in a consortial relationship. The victims frequently choose methods such as hanging, poisoning, using a firearm, etc; however, a case of a suicide pact by drowning is rare in forensic literature. We report a case where a male and a female, both young adults, in a relationship of adopted "brother of convenience" were found drowned in a river. The victims were bound together at their wrists which helped with our conclusion this was a suicide pact. The medico-legal importance of wrist binding in drowning cases is also discussed in this article.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8172
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025817213508676
ID  - ref1
ER  -