Surendra Sharma

Army College of Medical Sciences · forensic Medicine and toxicology

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major cause of mortality secondary to coronary artery disease (CAD). Though it is one of the commonest causes of natural death but is contested too often. SCD of someone under the suspicion of violence means differently to different persons. Larger perception of the death due to suspected or known violence ignites an...

Autopsy’s perception in terms of the cause & the manner of death in bodies found in water run the risk of being incompatible with that of investigation. A retrospective study is undertaken on seven controversial cases in which autopsy opinions had been set aside on the basis of certain evidences and logic. Study has been conducted with the objectiv...

Background: Time of death is a big issue in the investigation of an unwitnessed death. Autopsy’s conventional method of determining time since death (TSD) are found to be inaccurate and unreliable. It has been suggested that post-mortem biochemistry of pericardial fluid may play a role in TSD. The aim of the study was to determine the correlation o...

Autopsy's perception in terms of the cause & the manner of death in bodies found in water run the risk of being incompatible with that of investigation. A retrospective review is undertaken on seven controversial cases in which autopsy opinions had been set aside based on certain evidences and logic. Review has been conducted with the objective exp...

Autopsy’s perception in terms of the cause & the manner of death in bodies found in water run the risk of being incompatible with that of investigation. A retrospective study is undertaken on seven controversial cases in which autopsy opinions had been set aside based on certain evidences and logic. Study has been conducted with the objective explo...

Every suspicious death in India is investigated, with one of the objectives being determining the manner of death. The autopsy is an integral part of the death investigation. Death investigations are accomplished in the form of inquests, which are conducted and directed by the police or, in some cases, by a magistrate. The police and the autopsy ph...

Every suspicious death in India is investigated, with one of the objectives being determining the manner of death. The autopsy is an integral part of the death investigation. Death investigations are accomplished in the form of inquests, which are conducted and directed by the police or, in some cases, by a magistrate. The police and the autopsy ph...

Two cases of drowning are considered presentable because none of the two was supported by the autopsy. Both the cases are two different occurrences but are similar because drowning in both these cases was found to have been mistaken for "strangulation". The bigger question in both these cases may not be how the autopsy opinion of "strangulation" ca...

Skill-based forensic training has become necessity of the world to increase the practice of evidence based forensic practice. Unfortunately, many criminals are let off due to improper reporting of findings and defective workout of cases at their first contact in the hospitals and autopsy centers. In India, there are about 358 medical colleges and t...

Interpretation of an amazing combination of a sharp weapon and blunt force impact injury on the neck created an understanding that the victim had been injured. Observation of the crime scene by forensic medicine experts 13 days after the death and subsequent correlation with autopsy findings revealed that the bleeding was from the accidental cut su...

Interpretation of an amazing combination of a sharp weapon and blunt force impact injury on the neck created an understanding that the victim had been injured. Observation of the crime scene by forensic medicine experts 13 days after the death and subsequent correlation with autopsy findings revealed that the bleeding was from the accidental cut su...

Cases of "suicidal hanging" which meet stumbling block of disapproval of the relatives are sensitive. One such case is being presented. The case was marked by coexistence of "sharp weapon injuries" that kept relatives protesting against the interpretation of "suicidal hanging". Different interpretations of these injuries created confusions of homic...

After attending this presentation, attendees will understand the distinctive difference between ante-mortem and post-mortem collection of blood, the dynamics of blood collecting at the scene, principles of artefacts, importance of determining that the blood at the scene of crime was not “ante-mortem” but was a “post-mortem” phenomenon, correlating...

After attending this presentation, attendees will understand the distinctive difference between ante-mortem and post-mortem collection of blood, the dynamics of blood collecting at the scene, principles of artefacts, importance of determining that the blood at the scene of crime was not “ante-mortem” but was a “post-mortem” phenomenon, correlating...

A lady, who was noticed hanging from a tree, was brought for autopsy. Neither the initial circumstances nor the autopsy was indicative of homicidal hanging. It is reported that killer's confession turned a simple case of hanging in to that of homicidal. The homicidal claim of the relatives of the deceased appeared incredible till the time actual as...

Firearm injuries poses a great difficulty in reconstruction . This paper discusses six cases with queries posed during investigation.